Show of Shows (1929)

Show of Shows (1929)

1929-11-21 United States of America 128 Min. PG-13
5.5 2 votes

Overview

Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!

Cast

Frank Fay is Master of Ceremonies
Master of Ceremonies
Lloyd Hamilton is Hansom Cabby in
Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
Lupino Lane is Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet
Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet
Ben Turpin is Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Sally O'Neil is Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Alice Day is Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Patsy Ruth Miller is Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers
Marian Nixon is Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Lila Lee is Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Myrna Loy is Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Chester Morris is Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
Jack Mulhall is Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number