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, 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”, and “I Want to be Bad”.
Contents
Cast
The opening night cast:
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
Musical Numbers
Act I
Scene I: The Bound Brook Country Club, 1908
Opening: The Daring Gibson Girl/The 1908 Life - Ensemble
Old Fashioned Dance - Cynthia and Ensemble
Scene II: On the Golf Links, 1928
It's a Great Sport - Babs, Ruth, Lora and Ensemble
Scene III: At the Sun Porch
My Lucky Star - Jerry and Girls
Button Up Your Overcoat - Angie and Jack
You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would Ya? - Lora and Jerry
Scene IV: Where the Bushes Are Thickest
Scene V: In Front of the Clubhouse
He's a Man's Man - Ruth and Ensemble
Then I'll have Time for you - Babs and Dinty
I Want To Be Bad - Angie
Finaletto - Lora and Jerry
Act II
Scene I: In Front of the Clubhouse
We Couldn't Miss this Match - Chorus
If There Were No More You - Lora and Jerry
I Could Give Up Anything But You - Jack and Angie