Follow Thru (musical)
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| Follow Thru | |
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| Music | Ray Henderson |
| Lyrics | Lew Brown and B. G. de Sylva |
| Book | Laurence Schwab and B. G. de Sylva |
| Productions | 1929 Broadway |
Follow Thru is a musical comedy with book by B. G. DeSylva and Laurence Schwab, lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson.
Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel, the Broadway production opened on January 9, 1929 at the Chanin's 46th St. Theatre and ran through December 21, 1929 for a total run of 401 performances. The show was directed by Edgar MacGregor, choreographed by Bobby Connolly, and used set designs by Donald Oenslager. The cast included Lilian Bond,[1] Jack Haley, Zelma O’Neal, John Barker and Eleanor Powell.
Called “a musical slice of country club life”, the plot involved a golf match at a country club. This was the first Broadway success for Eleanor Powell. The show produced several songs that are now standards, including “Button Up Your Overcoat”, “My Lucky Star”[citation needed], and “I Want to be Bad”[citation needed].
The opening night cast:[2]
- Arthur Aylesworth as Mac Moore, a golf professional
- Don Tomkins as Thomas Darcy "Dinty" Moore, his sixteen-year-old son
- Irene Delroy as Lora Moore, his daughter
- Zelma O'Neal as Angie Howard, her girl-friend
- Frank Kingdon as Martin Bascomb, president of the Bound Brook Country Club
- Edith Campbell as Mrs. Bascomb, the president's wife
- Margaret Lee as Babs Bascomb, their fifteen-year-old daughter
- John Sheehan as J.C. Effingham, a new member
- John Barker as Jerry Downs, a young golf champion
- Jack Haley as Jack Martin, Jerry's friend
- Madeline Cameron as Ruth Van Horn, an amateur golf champion
- Eleanor Powell as Molly
