Follow Thru

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 hit 1929 Broadway musical of the same name by Lew Brown, B. G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson and Laurence Schwab. The musical ran a total of 401 performances from January 9, 1929, to December 21, 1929. Jack Haley and Zelma O'Neal, who starred in the Broadway production, reprised their roles in the film version.

The film is one of dozens of musicals made in 1929 and 1930 following the advent of sound, and it is one of several to feature color cinematography. Though many of these films have been lost or were 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 and Palm Springs. The extras who appear in golf course scenes had to be coached with regard 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.