Follow Thru

Follow Thru
Zelma O'Neal sings "I Want to Be Bad"
Directed byLaurence Schwab
Lloyd Corrigan
Screenplay byLaurence Schwab
Lloyd Corrigan
Based onFollow Thru
(1929 Broadway musical)
by Lew Brown, B. G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson and Laurence Schwab
Produced byLaurence Schwab
Frank Mandel
StarringCharles "Buddy" Rogers
Nancy Carroll
Zelma O'Neal
Jack Haley
Eugene Pallette
Thelma Todd
CinematographyHenry W. Gerrard
Charles P. Boyle
(Technicolor)
Edited byAlyson Shaffer
Music byLew Brown
Buddy G. DeSylva
Ray Henderson
George Marion Jr.
Richard A. Whiting
Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
Ed Eliscu
Manning Sherwin
Vernon Duke
Irving Berlin.
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 27, 1930 (1930-09-27) (U.S.)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Follow Thru is a 1930 American pre-Code musical romantic comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor.[1] 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.[2] It has been preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[3]

Plot

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Cast

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Songs

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Production

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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.[4]

Preservation

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For a long time, the film was believed to be lost, but a print was found in the 1990s[citation needed] and it was carefully restored and preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ben Sachs (July 1, 2015). "Northwest Chicago Film Society salutes the dawn of Technicolor with a racy musical about golf". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Follow Thru on Our New Season". Northwest Chicago Film Society. June 11, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Feature Films Preserved by UCLA". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. ^ "Charles Rogers At State, Follow Thru". Reading Eagle. October 19, 1930. p. 16.
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