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Writers:
Al Boasberg (writer)
Robert E. Hopkins (writer)
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Release Date:
23 November 1929 (USA) more
Tagline:
25 of the screen's greatest stars - chorus of 200 - amazingly revolutionary motion picture!
Plot:
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players. | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. more
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All-Star Revue more (26 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Conrad Nagel | ... | Himself - Master of Ceremonies | |
| Jack Benny | ... | Himself - Master of Ceremonies | |
| John Gilbert | ... | Himself / Romeo | |
| Marion Davies | ... | Herself | |
| Norma Shearer | ... | Herself / Juliet | |
| William Haines | ... | Himself | |
| Joan Crawford | ... | Herself | |
| Buster Keaton | ... | Himself / Princess Raja | |
| Bessie Love | ... | Herself | |
| Marie Dressler | ... | Herself | |
| Cliff Edwards | ... | Himself (as Ukulele Ike) | |
| Charles King | ... | Himself | |
| Stan Laurel | ... | Stan | |
| Polly Moran | ... | Herself | |
| Oliver Hardy | ... | Ollie |
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The Hollywood Revue
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116 min
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Color (2-strip Technicolor) | Black and White
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1.20 : 1 more
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The version shown on Turner Classic Movies is the sound-on-disc image with the left side noticeably cropped off in order to accommodate a sound-on-film track, with the result that all the ensembles appear to be photographed off center, which was not the case as the film was originally presented. more
Quotes:
[To Chorus girl.]
Emcee:
Haven't I met you before in Omaha?
[Chorus girl recognizes him, slaps him, leaves.]
Emcee:
I never forget a face.
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YOUR MOTHER AND MINE more
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Can I watch this film online?more
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Key word here is "revue." Don't look for a plot--there isn't one. MGM's first big "talkie," this film also served as the official "talkie" debut for a number of major silent-screen stars. Some parts are duds; others are gems. Best of all is the "Singin' in the Rain" numbers with Cliff Edwards and the Brox Sisters. The comic reprise with Marie Dressler, Polly Moran & Bessie Love is fun too. Norma Shearer and John Gilbert do well with a few versions of the balcony scene from "Romeo & Juliet." Laurel and Hardy, Jack Benny, William Haines, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, and Conrad Nagel are among the stars. Take this film for what it is, and remember that it was an "event picture" back in 1929, seeing all those stars talk and sing! It was nominated for an Oscar as best picture of the year.