The Show of Shows (1929)

It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can ... See full summary »

Director:

John G. Adolfi

Writers:

J. Keirn Brennan, Frank Fay,

Stars:

Frank Fay, William Courtenay, H.B. Warner

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Frank Fay	...	Master of Ceremonies
William Courtenay	...	The Minister - Guillotine Sequence
H.B. Warner	...	The Victim - Guillotine Sequence
Hobart Bosworth	...	Executioner - Guillotine Sequence
John Barrymore	...	Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Akst	...	Pianist - Accompanying Irene Bordoni
Armida	...	Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number (as Mimi Vendrell)
Johnny Arthur	...	Hero - Performer in 'The Pirate'
Mary Astor	...	Performer in 'The Pirate' Number
William Bakewell	...	Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
Richard Barthelmess	...	Meet My Sister Presenter
Noah Beery	...	(Performer in "The Pirate" Number / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
Sally Blane	...	Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Monte Blue	...	Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution")
Irène Bordoni	...	Performer in 'Just for One Hour of Love' Number

Storyline

It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can be heard in a gaudy, grandiose music comedy revue. But also appear actors and actresses from the first 'talkies', stars from Broadway and of course the German shepherd Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay is the host of the more than 70 well-known stars who show various acts.

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Plot Keywords:

revue | reference to shakespeare's richard iii | guillotine | two strip technicolor | dog

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Genres:

Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 December 1929 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Parada das Maravilhas

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$850,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Vitaphone Corporation, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Vitaphone) (Western Electric Apparatus)

Color:

Black and White Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Vitaphone production reels #3575-3589

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Connections

Featured in The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

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Soundtracks

"Semper Fidelis"
(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Performed when the marching cadets with drums arrive onstage

User Reviews

Real entertainment

An amazing Moulin Rouge style film, with great songs and cameos from Myrna Loy and Beatrice Lillie. Amazing songs, including "Singing in the Bathtub", A good old-fashioned film, vaudeville at its best. It is well produced, and if they had added a storyline, it would have detracted from the entertainment. However, this film is impossible to find on video