George Brent (1929)
Before he made 11 films with Bette Davis, a young 25-year-old George Brent appeared in the 1929 summer stock cast at the Historic Elitch Theatre. After his summer at the […]
Isobel Elsom (1928)
Isobel Elsom appeared as the leading lady for the Elitch season of 1928. At Elitch, she appeared in the role she created in the play The Outsider earlier that year […]
1929
Henrietta Crosman returned to Elitch Theatre with her own company and appeared in several preseason plays, namely, As You Like It, Sword of the King and Mistress Nell. She had […]
Lea Penman (1917)
Born on October 4th, 1895 in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Married George Treadwell Herbert on December 28, 1918 in Denver. Later married Clyde Fillmore (aka: Clyde Fogle) on December 06, 1924 […]
1928
Among the twelve plays of the season were Fritz Gottwald’s The Command to Love, which sparked some controversy among the theatergoers, and Arthur Wing Pinero’s The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, which […]
1927
For rehearsals, an outdoor room was used. Just outside the stage doors that adjoined the ball park the management had set up a canvas wall to separate the stage area […]
1926
There was an important change by the Elitch management in its handling of congratulatory telegrams they received each year upon the season opening. The Elitch Gardener weekly publication described the […]
Fredric March (1926)
Fredric March’s career was an example of combining hard work with extraordinary talent. After being graduated from the University of Wisconsin, he endeavored to follow his family’s desires and become […]
Florence Eldridge (1925)
Florence Eldridge was a powerhouse American stage and screen actress whose career stretched across five decades, marked by her intelligence, emotional depth, and commanding presence. Born in 1901, she became […]
Helen Menken (1922)
Helen Menken first appeared at Elitch during the summer of 1922. Following the season, she was cast in the Broadway long-running play, Seventh Heaven. John Mulvihill had contacted her prior […]