Opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 26, 1929. Ran 295 performances, to about August 1930. Sons O' Guns is a musical in two acts with music by J. Fred Coots; lyrics co-authored by Arthur Swanstrom and Benny Davis; and a book co-written by Frederick A. Thompson and Jack Donahue. 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. Wiki link