Mary Elitch sold the park to John Mulvihill in 1916, but the transition took several years. “The first company under Mr. Mulvihill’s management, with Ann Mason as leading woman, included Helen Luctrelle, Charles Trowbridge, Richard Carlyle, Marion Ballou, Peggy Boland, Earl Mitchell, Albert Brown, George Paunceforc, Beach Cooke, and Hal Crane, with Rollo Lloyd as director. [Dier, Caroline L. The lady of the gardens: Mary elitch long. Hollywood: Hollycrofters, Inc., Ltd., 1932.]
Seasons at the Theatre
- 1920
Elitch Theatre Connections:
- 1914–1915 — Daddy Long Legs — Broadway Play — Cora Witherspoon (Appeared together in the original Broadway company; Witherspoon played Sallie McBride and Trowbridge played James McBride.)
- 1934 — Mackerel Skies — Broadway Play — Tom Powers; Cora Witherspoon (Appeared together in the same Broadway production.)
- 1936 — Libeled Lady — Film — Myrna Loy; Cora Witherspoon (Appeared together in the same film; Loy played Connie Allenbury, Witherspoon played Mrs. Burns-Norvell, and Trowbridge played Graham.)
- 1937 — Dangerous Number — Film — Ann Sothern; Cora Witherspoon (Appeared together in the same film; Sothern starred as Eleanor, Witherspoon played Gypsy, and Trowbridge played the hotel manager.)
- In 1946 Trowbridge appeared in the film, Shock, with HET Alum, Vincent Price!
- Trowbridge co-starred with Patricia Neal and Kent Smith in The Fountainhead.
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