Follow Thru (1930) | Region-Free (DVD) | Starring Nancy Carroll & Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers

Title: Follow Thru (1930)

Genre: Musical, Romantic Comedy

Plot Synopsis:
Club champion Lora Moore loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Downs, a handsome golf pro, and his goofy friend Jack Martin show up. Lora takes Jerry on as her golf teacher to work on her putt. She falls for him, but so do several other women. Meanwhile, Lora’s friend Angie Howard chases after Jack. A lot of silliness ensues.

Cast and Crew:

• Directors: Lloyd Corrigan, Laurence Schwab
• Writers: Lew Brown, Lloyd Corrigan, Buddy G. DeSylva
• Cast:
  • Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers as Jerry Downes
  • Nancy Carroll as Lora Moore
  • Zelma O’Neal as Angie Howard
  • Jack Haley as Jack Martin
  • Eugene Pallette as J.C. Effingham

IMDb Link:
Follow Thru (1930)

Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. Catherine Stebbins – ★★★½
   “I just finished reading Richard Barrios’s A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film, and am steadily working through the musical subseries of my 1930 watchlist. The majority of the book details the initial explosive–>burnout wave of the movie musical, from 1928-1930. The ubiquitous popularity of musicals in 1928-1929 quickly gave way to oversaturation.”
2. NitrateDiva – ★★★★☆
   “In pre-Code musical rom-com Follow Thru, the two-color palette, a riot of coral and mint, wages a kind of merry war, to borrow a phrase from one of Shakespeare’s best rom-coms.”

Meta Description:
“Follow Thru” (1930) is a pre-Code musical romantic comedy directed by Lloyd Corrigan and Laurence Schwab. The film follows club champion Lora Moore as she navigates romantic entanglements and golf mishaps, featuring a vibrant Technicolor palette and lively musical numbers.