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

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

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0.0

Dax igen

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10 year anniversary revue for the Knäppupp company, performances of both old and new material.

5.9

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

Dec 7, 1935

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10.0

Revue Starlight 2nd StarLive "Starry Desert"

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A live concert event featuring Starlight Kuku Gumi held at Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall on December 22, 2018.

0.0

Revue Starlight 3rd StarLive "Starry Diamond"

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No overview available.

0.0

Don't Buy the Liverwurst

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Washed-up novelty musician Reuben Gimbel wants to resurrect his career after his agent dies.

7.0

Nine O'clock Folks

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In this short, multiple acts perform before an audience in a town hall. Performers include The Aaron Sisters singing trio and the Mound City Blue Blowers musicians. Another act features a tap dancer whose shoes have extensions on them that allow him to balance on the ends as one might use stilts. In the finale, an "inebriated" dog in the audience performs tricks. The short's title refers to the curfew in the town.

6.2

Rock Dog

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6.6

Trouble

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5.3

George White's Scandals

Oct 9, 1945

Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.

0.0

A Dogs Day

Mar 30, 2023

A dog goes on a mad adventure running away from her abusive owner! Will she make it?!

5.0

Die Nacht vor der Premiere

May 13, 1959

Carola Lorm, a celebrated revue star from South America, is not thrilled that her daughter Barbara wants to marry a young man from Hamburg. The weather there is just as chilly as the father-in-law-to-be, who turns out to be a snooty Hanseatic fruit merchant. When Carola follows the runaway couple to Germany, she also gets caught up in an intrigue involving drug smugglers. But with the help of an amorous detective, she is able to put a stop to the scoundrels and trick the ossified father-in-law into changing his mind.

5.7

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Nov 23, 1929

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

7.1

Hellzapoppin'

Dec 25, 1941

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

4.9

Flirtation

Nov 9, 1934

A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose as her husband during her mother's visit.

0.0

Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along

Jun 1, 1988

Rowlf the Dog and the kids have fun doing all kinds of activities, including singing and dancing. It features interactive sing-alongs including "The Smile was on the Crocodile," "Over and Under," and more.