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Show of Shows

1929 | 128m | English

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Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!
Release Date: Nov 21, 1929
Director: John G. Adolfi
Writer: Frank Fay, J. Keirn Brennan
Genres: Music
Keywords guillotine, revue, dog, german shepherd
Production Companies Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $850,000
Updates Updated: Aug 03, 2024
Entered: Apr 27, 2024
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Name Character
Frank Fay Master of Ceremonies
Lloyd Hamilton Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
Lupino Lane Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet
Ben Turpin Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Sally O'Neil Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Alice Day Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Patsy Ruth Miller Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers
Marian Nixon Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Lila Lee Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Myrna Loy Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Chester Morris Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
Jack Mulhall Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
Sôjin Kamiyama Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch (as Sojin)
Ted Lewis Performer in 'The Pirate' Number
Winnie Lightner Performer in 'Pingo Pongo' & 'Singing in the Bathtub' Numbers
Nick Lucas Lady Luck Solo for 'The Only Song I Know' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Dolores Costello Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Helene Costello Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Molly O'Day Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Marceline Day Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Sally Blane Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Loretta Young Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Armida Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number (as Mimi Vendrell)
Lolita Vendrell Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number (as Lola Vendrell)
Marion Byron Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Ann Sothern Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)
Alberta Vaughn Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Ada Mae Vaughn Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Viola Dana Performer in 'The Pirate,' 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numbers
Shirley Mason Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numbers
Irène Bordoni Performer in 'Just for One Hour of Love' Number
Rin-Tin-Tin 'Chinese Fantasty' Presenter
Sid Silvers Al Jolson Impersonator / Introducing Larry Ceballos Black and White Girls Number
Harry Akst Pianist Accompanying Irene Bordoni
Johnny Arthur Hero - Performer in 'The Pirate' (uncredited)
Mary Astor Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
William Bakewell Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
John Barrymore Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited)
Richard Barthelmess Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
Noah Beery Performer in "The Pirate" Number / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Monte Blue Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Hobart Bosworth Executioner - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited)
Jack Buchanan Jack (uncredited)
Joseph A. Burke Joe Burke (as Joe Burke) (uncredited)
Georges Carpentier Boulevardier in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number (uncredited)
Ethlyne Clair Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
James Clemens Performer (as Jimmy Clemons) (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
William Collier Jr. Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Betty Compson Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
Chester Conklin Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin Ice Man in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number (uncredited)
William Courtenay The Minister - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited)
Jack Curtis Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
Sally Eilers Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Louise Fazenda 'Recitations' Sketch (uncredited)
Frances Lee Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
Beatrice Lillie Performer in 'Recitations' Number (uncredited)
Jacqueline Logan Performer in 'The Pirate' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (uncredited)
Tully Marshall Performer in "The Pirate" / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Edna Murphy Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Carmel Myers Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
Gertrude Olmstead Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
H.B. Warner The Victim - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited)
Dorothy Coonan Wellman (uncredited)
Alice White Performer in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number (uncredited)
Lois Wilson Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Grant Withers Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two Number (uncredited)
Name Job
John G. Adolfi Director
Frank Fay Writer
J. Keirn Brennan Writer
Harvey Cunningham Sound Engineer
Barney McGill Director of Photography
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Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
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