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The Girl in the Show

  • 19291929
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 22m
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5.6/10
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Raymond Hackett and Bessie Love in The Girl in the Show (1929)
Comedy
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    • Edgar Selwyn
  • Writers
    • Kenyon Nicholson(play "Eva the Fifth")
    • John Golden(play "Eva the Fifth")
    • Edgar Selwyn(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Bessie Love
    • Raymond Hackett
    • Edward J. Nugent
    • Edgar Selwyn
  • Writers
    • Kenyon Nicholson(play "Eva the Fifth")
    • John Golden(play "Eva the Fifth")
    • Edgar Selwyn(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Bessie Love
    • Raymond Hackett
    • Edward J. Nugent
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    Raymond Hackett, Bessie Love, and Frank Nelson in The Girl in the Show (1929)
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    Raymond Hackett and Bessie Love in The Girl in the Show (1929)

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    Bessie Love
    Bessie Love
    • Hattie Hartley
    Raymond Hackett
    Raymond Hackett
    • Mal Thorne
    Edward J. Nugent
    Edward J. Nugent
    • Dave Amazon
    • (as Edward Nugent)
    Mary Doran
    Mary Doran
    • Connie Bard
    Jed Prouty
    Jed Prouty
    • Newton Wampler
    Ford Sterling
    Ford Sterling
    • Ed Bondell
    Nanci Price
    • Oriole Hartley
    Lucy Beaumont
    Lucy Beaumont
    • Lorna Montrose
    Richard Carlyle
    • Leon Montrose
    Alice Moe
    • Grace Steeple
    Frank Nelson
    Frank Nelson
    • Tracy Boone
    Jack McDonald
    Jack McDonald
    • Ernest Beaumont
    Ethel Wales
    Ethel Wales
    • Mrs. Truxton
    John F. Morrissey
    • Jeff Morgan
    Baldwin Cooke
    Baldwin Cooke
    • Railroad Ticket Seller
    • (uncredited)
    Dannie Mac Grant
    Dannie Mac Grant
    • Child
    • (uncredited)
    John T. Prince
    John T. Prince
    • Mr. Oliver - Minister
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Stoutenburg
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
      • Edgar Selwyn
    • Writers
      • Kenyon Nicholson(play "Eva the Fifth")
      • John Golden(play "Eva the Fifth")
      • Edgar Selwyn(adaptation) (added dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Traveling troupes of actors toured the country in various versions of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" called "Tom Shows." They basically cut the plot to a few key scenes and featured the main characters like Uncle Tom, Simon Legree, Topsy, and Little Eva.
    • Quotes

      Hattie Hartley: Will you get off the stage? Don't you see we're bringin' up.

      Mal Thorne: Gee, Hat, you look swell!

      Hattie Hartley: Not now, Mal! This is a death scene, not a love scene.

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    Bessie Love as Little Eva
    Bessie Love stars as an actress touring in a fifth-rate company of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. While playing in a hick town in Kansas, the local league of do-gooders discovers there's a child traveling with the show. They think it's Bessie Love, who plays Little Eva in the show, but it's really her kid sister (Nanci Price). The local undertaker (Jed Prouty) takes a shine to Bessie so she strings him along so they can get out of town with the kid sister. But in the next town, the company gets stranded when the manager (Ford Sterling) absconds with what little money there is.

    Prouty has been following the touring company and helps them stage a benefit show for local flood victims if Bessie will abandon the stage and marry him. She agrees but the new manager (Raymond Hackett) secretly decides to use the kid sister as Little Eva. When Bessie finds out, she stuffs the kid full of chocolates so she gets sick and can't go on. Realizing how much she loves acting, so dumps Prouty because the show must go on.

    Based on a Broadway play, EVA THE FIFTH, this is a solid early talkie vehicle for Love and she's quite good. The supporting case is also good, although Price is a bit much. Co-stars include Edward Nugent, Mary Doran, Lucy Beaumont, and Ethel Wales.

    Historically this film is interesting because up through the Great Depression, plays based on UNCLE TOM'S CABIN famously toured the boonies of America and had for more than 50 years. These touring shows were called "Tommers" and took great liberties with the original novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

    Worth a look.
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    • May 11, 2008

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    • Release date
      • August 31, 1929 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Palms Railway Station, Palms, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 22 minutes
      • Black and White

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