Sons O' Guns

[1] Donahue also starred in the original production as the central character of Jimmy Canfield, an American playboy who is forced to enlist in the United States Army during World War I and has a series of comic adventures and a romance in France.

The pair have a series of misadventures all played for light hearted comic effect rather than serious drama on the Western Front in France; including being mistakenly accused of being German spies with Canfield being arrested.

When lyricist and producer Arthur Swanstrom died in 1940, his obituary in Variety stated it was the most significant work in his career.

[3] The cast was led by Jack Donahue as Jimmy Canfield, William Frawley as Hobson, and Lili Damita as Yvonne.

Others in the show included David Hutcheson as both Major Archibald and Ponsonby-Falcke, Milton Watson as Arthur Travers, Shirley Vernon as Mary Harper, Richard Temple as General Harper, Mary Horan as Bernice Pearce, Raoul De Tisne as Pierre, Robert Dohn as Parker, Alfred Bardelang as Oswald, Frances Markey as Colette, Gwendolyn Milne as Jeanette, and Marion Chambers as Joan.