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I Want A Policeman

Performances

April 27 & 28, 1939

Venue

Majestic Theatre

Synopsis

Eric Davidson is found shot dead and his butler stabbed to death. Suspicion falls on Davidson’s second wife until a clue points to his son who is angry at the treatment of his mother-the first wife.

Authors: Rufus King and Milton Lazarus

Historian’s Corner

Bloomington’s Police Chief, Clyde Hibbens, portrayed a police commissioner in “I Want A Policeman.” In keeping with the theme of the show, area policeman served as ushers at the theatre.

Cast

Eleanore Breen

Miss Avis Elmendorf

Jepson

Harold Griffith

Cotswold

Hal Stone, Jr.

Fern Davidson

Helen Rorabach

Arthur Semple

Jack Hurst

Eric Davidson

Elmer Goodfellow

Alfaro

Dean Hilfinger

Police Commissioner Baldwin

Clyde Hibbens

Karl

Edwin Rakow

Dennis

Alfred Schuster

Captain Lynch

Alfred O. Brown

Charles Talbot

R.J. Conroy, Jr.

Lady Breen

Mrs. Sylvia Caldwell

John Davidson

Charles Stephenson, Jr.

Crew

Director

Eula O’Neill

Production Manager

Walton Isch

Assistant Director

Miss Lillian Johnson

Stage Settings

Miss Betty Stone

Stage Settings

Alfred Schuster

Stage Settings

Hal Stone, Jr.

Stage Lighting/Sound Effects

Edward Palumbo

Stage Manager

Llewellyn James

Make-Up

Lela Brown

Make-Up

Forrest Watt

Make-Up

Wendell Oliver

Make-Up

Miss Mary Fluhur

Wardrobe

Miss Eunice McClelland

Wardrobe

Mrs. Edgar Lundeen

Music

Mrs. James Reeder

Organist

Mrs. James Reeder

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