Editing Fred MacMurray (section)

=== Acting ===
In 1928, MacMurray chauffeured his mother to Los Angeles for her health and to visit family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Courier-Journal 05 Jan 1947, page Page 29 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/107134304/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> While there he found work as an extra and continued playing the saxophone with the California Collegians, a vaudeville group that was formed out of the pit orchestra at the [[Hollywood Pacific Theatre|Warner Brothers Hollywood Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The San Francisco Examiner 13 Nov 1934, page 12 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/457436690/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> His extra work was earning him $10 a day. The band was hired to appear on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''[[Three's a Crowd (musical)|Three's a Crowd]]'' (1930–31) with [[Fred Allen]], [[Clifton Webb]] and [[Libby Holman]], resulting in a move to New York City from California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cincinnati Enquirer 12 Jan 1947, page 56 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100163270/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> MacMurray was offered a role in the production, leading to a further casting in the musical ''[[Roberta (musical)|Roberta]]'' alongside [[Sydney Greenstreet]] and [[Bob Hope]] (1933–34).<ref>{{cite web|author=The Broadway League |url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=50837 |title=IBDb |publisher=IBDb |access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref> MacMurray signed with [[Paramount Pictures]] in 1934.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watters |first=Sam |date=2011-10-01 |title=Mr. Un-Modern Fred MacMurray |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-oct-01-la-hm-lost-la-fred-macmurray-20111001-story.html |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>