Follow the Leader (1930 film)

Follow the Leader (also released as Manhattan Mary) 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.

Cast

 * Ed Wynn – Crickets
 * Ginger Rogers – Mary Brennan
 * Stanley Smith – Jimmy Moore
 * Lou Holtz – Sam Platz
 * Lida Lane – 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
 * Tammany Young – Bull
 * Jack La Rue – Gangster
 * William Gargan – Gangster
 * Eddie Roberts – Gangster
 * William Black
 * Dick Scott
 * Jules Epailly – Gaston Duval
 * Charles Henderson