On With the Show! (1929) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1929 · 104 mins · English

Directed by

Alan Crosland

Starring

Purnell Pratt, Sam Hardy, Ted Billings, Joe E. Brown, Tom O'Brien, Louise Fazenda

The film celebrates the advent of natural‑color motion pictures, a new triumph of science and art. When the stage production of Phantom Sweetheart is plagued by unpaid actors and crew, a robbery of box‑office receipts and the sudden refusal of the leading lady to appear, the entire show seems doomed. The story follows the frantic efforts to save the production before it collapses.