Follow the Leader (1930)
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A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show. When he kidnaps the show's star, she gets her opportunity, as the understudy, to play the role and become a star herself.
- Date of release
- 1930-12-06
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Norman Taurog
Casting
- Ed Wynn — Cricket
- Ginger Rogers — Mary Brennan
- Stanley Smith — Jimmie Moore
- Lou Holtz — Sam Platz
- Lida Kane — Ma Brennan
- Ethel Merman — Helen King
- Bobby Watson — George White
- Donald Kirke — R.C. Black
- William Halligan — Bob Sterling
- Holly Hall — Fritzie Devere
- Preston Foster — Two-Gun Terry
- James C. Morton — Mickie
Interesting facts
Follow the Leader is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film co-directed by Norman Taurog and Albert Parker. It stars Ginger Rogers and Ed Wynn in his film debut. The screenplay by Gertrude Purcell and Sid Silvers is based on a play by William K. Wells, George White and Lew Brown, with songs by Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Publix Corporation.
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