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The Show of Shows
The film The Show of Shows is a 128 minute musical from 1929, directed by John G. Adolfi. The main cast consists of Frank Fay, Lupino Lane, Lloyd Hamilton and Ben Turpin.
The Show of Shows
- Directed by: John G. Adolfi
- Main cast: Frank Fay, Lupino Lane, Lloyd Hamilton, Ben Turpin
- Written by: J. Keirn Brennan, Frank Fay
- Cinematography: Barney McGill
Details
- Title: The Show of Shows
- Year: 1929
- Genres: Musical
- Duration: 2h 8m
Release Dates
The Show of Shows premiered in cinemas on December 29, 1929premiered in cinemas on November 21, 1929.
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Cast & Crew
We know about 63 people who worked on "The Show of Shows";
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Roles
- Ada Mae Vaughn ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Alberta Vaughn ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Alice Day ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
- Alice White ... Performer in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number
- Ann Sothern ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)
- Beatrice Lillie ... Performer in 'Recitations' Number
- Ben Turpin ... Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
- Betty Compson ... Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers
- Carmel Myers ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number
- Chester Conklin ... Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
- Chester Morris ... Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
- Dolores Costello ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Dorothy Coonan Wellman
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ... Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
- Edna Murphy ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
- Ethlyne Clair ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number
- Frank Fay ... Master of Ceremonies
- Georges Carpentier ... Boulevardier in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number
- Gertrude Olmstead ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
- Grant Withers ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two Number
- H.B. Warner ... The Victim - Guillotine Sequence
- Harry Akst ... Pianist Accompanying Irene Bordoni
- Heinie Conklin ... Ice Man in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
- Helene Costello ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Hobart Bosworth ... Executioner - Guillotine Sequence
- Irène Bordoni ... Performer in 'Just for One Hour of Love' Number
- Jack Buchanan ... Jack
- Jack Mulhall ... Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
- Jacqueline Logan ... Performer in 'The Pirate' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
- John Barrymore ... Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III'
- Johnny Arthur ... Hero - Performer in 'The Pirate'
- Lila Lee ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
- Lloyd Hamilton ... Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
- Lois Wilson ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
- Loretta Young ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Louise Fazenda ... 'Recitations' Sketch
- Lupino Lane ... Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet
- Marceline Day ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Marian Nixon ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
- Marion Byron ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Mary Astor ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number
- Molly O'Day ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Monte Blue ... Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution")
- Myrna Loy ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
- Nick Lucas ... Lady Luck Solo for 'The Only Song I Know' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
- Noah Beery ... Performer in "The Pirate" Number / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
- Patsy Ruth Miller ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers
- Richard Barthelmess ... Meet My Sister Presenter
- Ruth Clifford ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number
- Sally Blane ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Sally Eilers ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number
- Sally O'Neil ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
- Shirley Mason ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numbers
- Sid Silvers ... Al Jolson Impersonator / Introducing Larry Ceballos Black and White Girls Number
- Ted Lewis ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number
- Tully Marshall ... Performer in "The Pirate" / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
- Viola Dana ... Performer in 'The Pirate,' 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numbers
- William Collier Jr. ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
- William Courtenay ... The Minister - Guillotine Sequence
- Winnie Lightner ... Performer in 'Pingo Pongo' & 'Singing in the Bathtub' Numbers
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