The Show of Shows

Nov 21, 1929

2h 8m

★ 5.5

Overview

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!

Genres

Music

Production Companies

The Vitaphone Corporation

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Show of Shows Trailers

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Cast

Master of Ceremonies

Frank Fay

Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")

Lloyd Hamilton

Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet

Lupino Lane

Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

Ben Turpin

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers

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' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers

Patsy Ruth Miller

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

Marian Nixon

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

Lila Lee

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers

Myrna Loy

Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers

Chester Morris

Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number

Jack Mulhall

Despite the fact that production manager Kruse doesn't have the actors or the crew for the job, he recklessly boasts that he could direct a revue film. To prevent him losing face, Kruse brings together four people - a dramaturg, a composer, a writer and an architect - and gives them the thankless task of turning his idea into a film. Except for the relatively unknown composer Alexander Ritter, who is enthusiastically committed to the project, the other members of the team find themselves stuck in this mess.

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6.1

Thank Your Lucky Stars

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6.1

Ziegfeld Follies

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7.0

Le Bal

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0.0

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0.0

Revue Starlight 3rd StarLive "Starry Diamond"

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No overview available.

6.9

Dancing Lady

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Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.

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Gumby: The Movie

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Rock Dog

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Revue Starlight 2nd StarLive "Starry Desert"

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5.9

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

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8.0

School for Tramps

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