Show of Shows
1929-11-21 | 128 minutes
Plot Summary
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!
Cast
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Frank FayMaster of Ceremonies
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Lloyd HamiltonHansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
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Lupino LaneStreet Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet
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Ben TurpinWaiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
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Sally O'NeilPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
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Alice DayPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
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Patsy Ruth MillerPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers
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Marian NixonPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
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Lila LeePerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
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Myrna LoyPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
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Chester MorrisPerformer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
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Jack MulhallPerformer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
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Sôjin KamiyamaPerformer in '$20 Bet' Sketch (as Sojin)
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Winnie LightnerPerformer in 'Pingo Pongo' & 'Singing in the Bathtub' Numbers
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Nick LucasLady Luck Solo for 'The Only Song I Know' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
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Dolores CostelloPerformer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
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Helene CostelloPerformer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
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Molly O'DayPerformer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
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Marceline DayPerformer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
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