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