Both this and the silent film Oh, Lady, Lady (1920) had been stage musicals with music by Jerome Kern, but they were never remade as sound films.
(1917). Stage Play: Oh, Boy. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by Jerome Kern. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Directed by Edward Royce. Princess Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 19 Nov 1917- close): 20 Feb 1917- 30 Mar 1918 (463 performances). Cast: Marie Carroll (as "Lou Ellen Carter"), Austin Clark (as "Mr. Olaf Lauder"), Patrice Clark (as "Miss Iona Saxon"), Jeannette Cook (as "Miss Lottie Limmut"), Louise Cook, Marion Davies (as "Jane Packard"), Dorothy Dickson (as "Dance Specialty"), David Douglass, Ethel Forde (as "Miss Anna Thorpe"), Hal Forde (as "Jim Marvin"), Alden Glover Jr. (as "Mr. Ivan L. Ovanerve"), Evelyn Grieg (as "Miss Rhoda Byke"), Joseph Hadley (as "Mr. Will Hooper Rupp"), Augusta Haviland (as "Mrs. Carter"), Leo Howe, Kathryn Hurst (as "Miss Wanda Farr"), Carl Hyson (as "Dance Specialty"), Justine Johnstone (as "Polly Andrus"), Lillian Lavonne (as "Miss Annie Olde-Knight"), Clarence Lutz (as "Mr. Hugo Chaseit"), Carl Lyle (as "Briggs"), Stephen Maley (as "Constable Simms"), Margaret Mason (as "Miss Sheila Ryve"), Frank McGinn (as "Judge Daniel Carter"), Florence McGuire (as "Miss Georgia Spelvin"), Jack Merritt (as "A Club Waiter"), Ralph O'Brien (as "Mr. Phelan Fyne"), Edna May Oliver (as "Miss Penelope Budd"), Tom Powers (as "George Budd"), Kathryn Rahn (as "Miss Lotta Noyes"), Lillian Rice (as "Miss Billie Dew"), Marjorie Rolland (as "Miss B. Ava Little"), Anna Stone (as "Miss Inna Ford"), Anna Wheaton (as "Jackie Simpson"), Charles Yorkshire (as "Mr. Phil Ossify"). Produced by William Elliott and F. Ray Comstock. Note: Filmed by Albert Capellani Productions [distributed by Pathe] as Oh Boy! (1919).