The Show of Shows (1929)

Directed by

John G. Adolfi

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1929 musical revue gathers many of Warner Bros.' stars for a series of song and dance numbers. It was an early sound film shot in Technicolor. The show features performances by actors like John Barrymore and Myrna Loy.

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What happens

Show of Shows (also The Show of Shows in various contemporary media accounts) is a 1929 American sound pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The sound Vitaphone production was shot almost entirely in Technicolor, cost almost $800,000 and earned more than twice as much at the box office. Show of Shows was Warner Bros.' fifth color film; the first four were The Desert Song (1929), On with the Show! (1929), Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) and Paris (1929). (Song of the West was actually completed by June 1929 but its release was delayed until March 1930.) The film features most of the contemporary Warner Bros. film stars, including John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Noah Beery, Loretta Young, Dolores Costello, Bull Montana, Myrna Loy, Chester Conklin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Winnie Lightner, Tully Marshall, Nick Lucas and Betty Compson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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