The Show of Shows
1929 · John G. Adolfi · 128 min
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!
Frank FayMaster of Ceremonies
Lloyd HamiltonHansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
Lupino LaneStreet Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet
Ben TurpinWaiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
John BarrymoreRichard III in 'Henry VI Part III'
Sally O'NeilPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Alice DayPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Patsy Ruth MillerPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers
Marian NixonPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Lila LeePerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Myrna LoyPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Chester MorrisPerformer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
Jack MulhallPerformer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
Sôjin KamiyamaPerformer in '$20 Bet' Sketch (as Sojin)Ted LewisPerformer in 'The Pirate' Number
