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Hit of the Show (1928)

Hit of the Show poster
Directed by
Ralph Ince
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy from the silent era with some spoken dialogue. It follows a performer and the people around him as they get into humorous situations.

lightheartedcomedicdatedplayfulsimplefast-pacedenergeticquirky

What happens

Hit of the Show is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Joe E. Brown, Gertrude Olmstead and William Bailey. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film system. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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