For the 1930 film version, see Follow Thru

Follow Thru

Follow Thru is a 1930 musical 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 Frank Mandel and Laurence Schwab. The play ran from January...

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Follow Thru (musical) is a musical comedy with book by B. G. DeSylva and Lawrence Schwab, lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown

Lew Brown

Lew Brown was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States.Brown was born as Louis Brownstein in Odessa, Russian Empire...

, music by Ray Henderson

Ray Henderson

Ray Henderson , was an American songwriter.Born Raymond Brost in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley...

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Produced by Lawrence Schwab and Frank Mandell, the Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 production, opened on January 9, 1929 at the Chanin’s 46th St. Theatre

Richard Rodgers Theatre

The Richard Rodgers Theatre, is a Broadway theater in New York City, built by Irwin Chanin in 1925. When it was first opened, it was called Chanin's 46th Street Theatre. Chanin almost immediately leased it to the Shuberts, who bought the building outright in 1931 and renamed it the 46th Street...

 for a total run of 401 performances. The show was directed by Edgar MacGregor and used set designs by Donald Oenslager

Donald Oenslager

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. The cast included Jack Haley

Jack Haley

John Joseph "Jack" Haley was an American stage, radio, and film actor best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and Kansas farmworker Hickory in The Wizard of Oz.-Career:...

, Zelma O’Neal, John Barker

John Barker

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 and Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Torrey Powell was an American film actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her exuberant solo tap dancing.-Early life:...

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Called “a musical slice of country club

Country club

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 life”, the plot involved a golf match at a country club. This was the first Broadway success for Eleanor Powell. The show produced several songs that are now standards, including “Button Up Your Overcoat

Button Up Your Overcoat

"Button Up Your Overcoat" is a popular song. The music was written by Ray Henderson, the lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. The song was published in 1928, and was first performed later that same year by vocalist Ruth Etting. However, the most famous rendition of this song was recorded early in...

”, “My Lucky Star”, and “I Want to be Bad”.

Songs

Act I

• The Daring Gibson Girl
• The 1908 Life
• It’s a Great Sport
• My Lucky Star
• Button Up Your Overcoat
  Button Up Your Overcoat
  "Button Up Your Overcoat" is a popular song. The music was written by Ray Henderson, the lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. The song was published in 1928, and was first performed later that same year by vocalist Ruth Etting. However, the most famous rendition of this song was recorded early in...
  
  
• You Wouldn’t Fool Me, Would Ya?
• He’s a Man’s Man
• Then I’ll have Time for you
• I Want To Be Bad”

Act II

• Married Men and Single Men
• If There Were No More You
• I Could Give Up Anything But You
• Follow Thru