The Show of Shows
6.6(5) 1929-11-21 128 minMusic
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!
Full credits on TMDBCast & characters
Frank Fay
as Master of Ceremonies
Lloyd Hamilton
as Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
Lupino Lane
as Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet
Ben Turpin
as Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Sally O'Neil
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Alice Day
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Patsy Ruth Miller
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers
Marian Nixon
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Lila Lee
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Myrna Loy
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Chester Morris
as Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
Jack Mulhall
as Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
Sôjin Kamiyama
as Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch (as Sojin)
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Ted Lewis
as Performer in 'The Pirate' Number
Winnie Lightner
as Performer in 'Pingo Pongo' & 'Singing in the Bathtub' Numbers
Nick Lucas
as Lady Luck Solo for 'The Only Song I Know' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Dolores Costello
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Helene Costello
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Molly O'Day
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Marceline Day
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Sally Blane
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Loretta Young
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Armida
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number (as Mimi Vendrell)
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Lolita Vendrell
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number (as Lola Vendrell)
