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!
Watch the official The Show of Shows 1929 trailer in HD below.
Naima Wifstrand, leading old lady, dressed as a Primadonna presents the variety revue "The Old, Happy 40's", a dark time of angst, depression and derailed, wild happiness.
A dance and music film tailored completely for Marika Rokk: After her divorce, the wife of a composer uses her wit and charm to engage Marika as a singer and dancer on the stage.
Amidst putting together a benefit concert for the local farmers and on the brink of a huge deal with mogul Lucky Claybert, Gumby and his band The Clayboys must battle with the villainous Blockheads, who have kidnapped their loyal canine Lowbelly.
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch.
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Pup Star is back for an all-new adventure! After winning the canine competition show Pup Star and becoming an international pup sensation, Tiny, the adorable Yorkie, has her world turned upside down when an evil rival switches her out in competition with a street pup named Scrappy.
Alternative movies trailers for The Show of Shows
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Overture "The Show of Shows" Vitaphone / Warner Brothers film (1929)
Overture to "The Show of Shows"--a Vitaphone / Warner Bros. film from 1929.
John Barrymore. Show of Shows (1929)
John Barrymore reads the soliloquy of Richard III from Shakespeare's King Henry VI (part 3 act 3 scene 2).
Myrna Loy Ben Turpin & Lupino Lane "The Florodora Boys": "The Show of Shows" (film) (1929)
from the all star Warner Brothers early talkie Revue "The Show of Shows" Featuring Frank Fay as the Compere and the ladies in order of their appearance: ...
"The Show of Shows" clip 1
A scene from the 1929 film "The Show of Shows" with Beatrice Lillie Frank Fay Louise Fazenda and Lloyd Hamilton. For more information visit ...
Alice White Patsy Ruth Miller Dance Number ~ Show Of Shows
A scene from the 1929 musical The Show Of Shows with Alice White Patsy Ruth Miller and Georges Carpentier ~ See more Alice @
The Golden Age of Circus The Show of Shows BBC Documentary 2016
Roll up roll up for an unforgettable experience! This film tells the story of itinerant circus performers cabaret acts and vaudeville and fairground attractions.
Popular movie trailers from 1929
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An impression of the state of the world in 1929, contrasting similarities and differences in religion, customs, art and entertainment from all over the world.
Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romance, prom dances and the inevitable big football game.
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