Pier 59.
R.M.S Olympic at Pier 59 in the 1920's.
After staying behind in New York, Archie was to spend the best part of a decade, in New York, appearing in numerous shows.
Introducing ...Archie Leach.
Better Times:
Hippodrome Theatre,
Sixth Ave. bet W.42nd and W.44th, New York.
Exterior of the Hippodrome.
Interior of the auditorium.
Its revolving stage stretched virtually the entire distance between the numbered thoroughfares.
The ballet corps numbered eighty, the chorus contained one hundred members and required a backstage staff of around eight hundred.
It could also present water ballets.
Cover for the souvenir book for "Better Times"
In "The Land of Mystery" episode, Archie was one of The Joyful Girls.
In the twelfth episode he was one of the Meistersingers.
Opened: 2/9/1922
Closed: 28/4/1923
Total Performances: 405
Music by Raymond Hubbell and Lyrics by R.H. Burnside.
Golden Dawn:
Hammerstein's Theatre.
1697 Broadway at W.53rd Street.
Exterior of Hammerstein's (now the Ed Sullivan).
Interior of the auditorium.
Typical booklet cover.
Archie played Anzac in "Golden Dawn"
Opened: 30/11/1927
Closed: 5/5/1928
Total Performances: 184
Music by Herbert P. Stothart, Emmerick Kalman and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach.
Boom Boom:
Casino Theatre,
1404 Broadway (W.39th)
Exterior of the Casino Theatre.
Interiors of the auditorium.
Booklet cover. Archie played "Reggie Phipps, alongside Jeanette MacDonald.
Cover for the sheet music.
Opened: 28/1/1929
Closed: 30/3/1929
Total Performances: 72
Music by Werner Janssen and Lyrics by Mann Holiner and J. Keirn Brennan.
A Wonderful Night:
Majestic Theatre,
245 W. 44th Street.
Exterior of the Majestic.
Interiors of the auditorium.
Booklet cover.
Archie appeared as "Max Grunewald"
Opened: 31/10/1929
Closed: 15/2/1930
Total Performances: 125
Nikki:
Longacre Theatre,
220 W.48th Street.
Exterior of Longacre Theatre.
Interior of the auditorium.
Archie played "Cary Lockwood", the character from who he took his first name.
The show also starred Fay Wray.
Opened: 29/9/1931
Closed: 31/10/1931
Total Performances: 39
More Stage Appearances:
The Municipal Opera.
At the "Muny" (fifth from the left).
Archie is listed as appearing in:
"Three Little Girls"
"The Street Singer"
"Music In May"
"The Three Musketeers"
"A Wonderful Night" (See above)
"Irene"
and "Rio Rita".
In "The Three Musketeers".
Also appearing in a Pre-Broadway Premiere at the Shubert Playhouse in Wilmington, Delaware.
It was a flop!! Running from 31/10/1928 - 3/11/1928.
An early stage appearance.
