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Show of Shows poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 55.5 / 100
1929·Comedy / Music·2h 8m

SHOW OF SHOWS

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!

Above the Line
John G. Adolfi·DirectorJ. Keirn Brennan·WriterFrank Fay·WriterBarney McGill·Director of PhotographyHarvey Cunningham·Sound Engineer
Cast
Frank Fay·Master of CeremoniesLloyd Hamilton·Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")Lupino Lane·Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' BalletBen Turpin·Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' NumberSally O'Neil·Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' NumbersAlice Day·Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' NumbersPatsy Ruth Miller·Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' NumbersMarian Nixon·Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' NumberLila Lee·Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' NumberMyrna Loy·Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Full Crew
(6 credits)
Directing· 1
John G. Adolfi·Director
Writing· 2
J. Keirn Brennan·WriterFrank Fay·Writer
Camera· 1
Barney McGill·Director of Photography
Sound & Music· 1
Harvey Cunningham·Sound Engineer
Production· 1
Darryl F. Zanuck·Producer
By the Numbers
55.5
OF 100
Master Score
5.8
OF 10
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