''Follow the Leader'' (a.k.a. ''Manhattan Mary'') is a 1930 American

pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...

musical comedy Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...

film, starring

Ed Wynn Isaiah Edwin Leopold (November 9, 1886 – June 19, 1966), better known as Ed Wynn, was an American actor and comedian. He was noted for his ''Perfect Fool'' comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a d ...

and

Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer and singer during the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starri ...

. It was by and distributed by Paramount Publix Corporation.''Pictorial History of the Talkies'' by Daniel Blum c.1958 (reprint, revised 1970) p.25

Cast

- Crickets *

- Mary Brennan *

Stanley Smith (actor) Stanley Smith (1903 – 1974) was a film actor and singer. He had leading roles opposite various other stars and featured in several musicals. He was born in Kansas City. He co-starred opposite Clara Bow in '' Love Among the Millionaires''. He ...

- Jimmy Moore *

Lou Holtz Louis Leo Holtz (born January 6, 1937) is an American former football player, coach, and analyst. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State University (1972–1975), the New Yo ...

- Sam Platz *Lida Lane - Ma Brennan *

Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer, known for her distinctive, powerful voice, and for leading roles in musical theatre.Obituary '' Variety'', February 22, 1984. ...

- Helen King * Bobby Watson - George White * Donald Kirke - R. C. Black * William Halligan - Bob Sterling *Holly Hall - Fritzie Devere *

Preston Foster Preston Stratton Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970), was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist. Early life Born in Ocean City, New Jersey ...

- Two-Gun Terry * James C. Morton - Mickie *

Tammany Young Tammany Young (September 9, 1886 – April 26, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. Early life Born in New York City, Young appeared on Broadway in '' The Front Page'' (1928) by Ben Hecht and ''The New Yorkers'' (1930) by Herbert Fields ...

- Bull * Jack La Rue - A Gangster *

William Gargan William Dennis Gargan (July 17, 1905February 17, 1979) was an American film, television and radio actor. He was the 5th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1967, and in 1941, was nominated for the Academy Award for Be ...

- A Gangster *William Black - *Dick Scott - *Jules Epailly - Gaston Duval *Charles Henderson -

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* * 1930 films 1930 musical comedy films Films directed by Norman Taurog 1930s English-language films American musical comedy films American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub