Follow the Leader (a.k.a. Manhattan Mary) is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film, starring Ed Wynn and Ginger Rogers. It was by and distributed by Paramount Publix Corporation. Cast Ed Wynn - Crickets Ginger Rogers - Mary Brennan Stanley Smith (actor) - 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 - A Gangster William Gargan - A Gangster William Black - Dick Scott - Jules Epailly - Gaston Duval Charles Henderson - References External links 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