Follow Thru

Infobox Film
name = Follow Thru (1930)

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caption = Zelma O'Neal sings "I Want to Be Bad."
producer = Frank Mandel and Laurence Schwab.
director = Lloyd Corrigan and Laurence Schwab.
writer = Lloyd Corrigan
based on the play by Frank Mandel and Laurence Schwab
starring = Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Nancy Carroll
Zelma O'Neal
Jack Haley
Eugene Pallette
Thelma Todd
Claude King
George Olsen
music = Lew Brown
Buddy G. DeSylva
Ray Henderson
George Marion Jr.
Richard A. Whiting
Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
Ed Eliscu
Manning Sherwin
Vernon Duke.
cinematography = Charles P. Boyle
Henry W. Gerrard
"(Technicolor)"
editing = Alyson Shaffer
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = September 27, 1930
runtime = 92 min.
language = English
country = USA
imdb_id = 0020894|

"For the 1929 Broadway musical see Follow Thru (musical)."

"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 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.

Trivia

*George Olsen and his orchestra played the music for the film and are seen on screen in a cameo appearance during the costume party sequence.
*Virginia Bruce and Frances Dee appear as chorus girls during a locker-room number.

ongs

*"Button Up Your Overcoat"
*"You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?"
*"I Want to Be Bad"
* "I'm Hard to Please"
* "A Peach of a Pair"
* "It Must Be You"

Preservation

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