Follow the Leader
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1930 | 76m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Norman Taurog |
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| Writer: | Gertrude Purcell, Sid Silvers |
| Staring: |
| A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show. When he kidnaps the show's star, she gets her opportunity, as the understudy, to play the role and become a star herself. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 06, 1930 |
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| Director: | Norman Taurog |
| Writer: | Gertrude Purcell, Sid Silvers |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | restaurant, waiter |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 18, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ed Wynn | Cricket |
| Ginger Rogers | Mary Brennan |
| Stanley Smith | Jimmie Moore |
| Lou Holtz | Sam Platz |
| Lida Kane | 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 (uncredited) |
| Jack La Rue | Gangster (uncredited) |
| William Gargan | Gangster (uncredited) |
| William Black | (uncredited) |
| Dick Scott | (uncredited) |
| Jules Epailly | Gaston Duval (uncredited) |
| Charles Henderson | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Larry Williams | Director of Photography |
| Norman Taurog | Director |
| Gertrude Purcell | Screenplay |
| Sid Silvers | Screenplay |
| Billy K. Wells | Theatre Play |
| George White | Theatre Play |
| Buddy G. DeSylva | Theatre Play |
| Lew Brown | Theatre Play |
| Ray Henderson | Theatre Play |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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