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Director
  
Lloyd Corrigan

Screenplay
  
Lloyd Corrigan

Language
  
English

7.2/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Musical

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Follow Thru movie poster

Writer
  
Lloyd Corrigan
,
Frank Mandel
,
Laurence Schwab

Release date
  
September 27, 1930 (1930-09-27)

Music director
  
Buddy De Sylva, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown

Cast
  
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
(Jerry Downes),
Nancy Carroll
(Lora Moore),
Jack Haley
(Jack Martin),
Zelma O'Neal
(Angie Howard),
Eugene Pallette
(J.C. Effingham),
Thelma Todd
(Mrs. Van Horn)

Similar movies
  
Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930), Daddy Long Legs (1955), Manhattan Parade (1931), Children of Pleasure (1930), Thelma Todd appears in Follow Thru and Bottoms Up

Follow Thru is a 1930 American pre-Code musical romantic comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was the second all-color all-talking feature to be produced by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on the popular 1929 Broadway play of the same name by Lew Brown, B. G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson and Laurence Schwab. The play ran from January 9, 1929 to December 21, 1929; running for 401 performances. Jack Haley and Zelma O'Neal, who starred in the original musical play, reprised their roles for the film version.

Contents

The film is one of dozens of musicals made in 1929 and 1930 following the advent of sound, and one of several to feature color cinematography. However, many of these films have been lost or destroyed by the original studios. The "original camera negative" of Follow Thru survives in its entirety and in excellent condition. It has been preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Cast

  • Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Jerry Downes
  • Nancy Carroll as Lora Moore
  • Zelma O'Neal as Angie Howard
  • Jack Haley as Jack Martin
  • Eugene Pallette as J.C. Effingham
  • Thelma Todd as Mrs Van Horn
  • Claude King as Mac Moore
  • Kathryn Givney as Mrs Bascomb
  • Margaret Lee as Babs Bascomb
  • Don Tomkins as Dinty Moore
  • Albert Gran as Martin Bascomb

    • Songs

  • "A Peach of a Pair" by George Marion Jr. (lyrics), Richard A. Whiting (music)
  • "It Must Be You" by Elwood Eliscu and Manning Sherwin (lyrics and music)
  • "Then I'll Have Time for You," "I Want to be Bad" and "Button Up Your Overcoat" by Lew Brown and B. G. DeSylva (lyrics), Ray Henderson (music)

    • Production

    The film was shot in Los Angeles. The extras who appear in golf course scenes had to be coached with regards to golf etiquette (when to applaud a strike, etc.). About two hundred extras were used for the climactic golf championship sequence.

    Preservation

    For a long time, the film was believed to be lost, but a print was found in the 1990s and it was carefully restored and preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

    References

    Follow Thru Wikipedia
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    Follow Thru IMDb Follow Thru themoviedb.org