The Show of Shows poster

The Show of Shows poster

The Show of Shows

1929 2h 08m 6.6Movie

Music

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!

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John G. Adolfi

Director

Frank Fay

Writer

J. Keirn Brennan

Writer

Top Cast

Frank Fay

Frank Fay

Master of Ceremonies

Lloyd Hamilton

Lloyd Hamilton

Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")

Lupino Lane

Lupino Lane

Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet

Ben Turpin

Ben Turpin

Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'

Sally O'Neil

Sally O'Neil

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers

Alice Day

Alice Day

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers

Patsy Ruth Miller

Patsy Ruth Miller

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers

Marian Nixon

Marian Nixon

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

Lila Lee

Lila Lee

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers

Chester Morris

Chester Morris

Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers

Jack Mulhall

Jack Mulhall

Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number

Sôjin Kamiyama

Sôjin Kamiyama

Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch (as Sojin)

Ted Lewis

Performer in 'The Pirate' Number

Winnie Lightner

Winnie Lightner

Performer in 'Pingo Pongo' & 'Singing in the Bathtub' Numbers

Nick Lucas

Nick Lucas

Lady Luck Solo for 'The Only Song I Know' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers

Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello

Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number

Helene Costello

Helene Costello

Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number

Molly O'Day

Molly O'Day

Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number