The Show of Shows
Year: 1929
Runtime: 128 mins
Language: English
Director: John G. Adolfi
From the studio that gave cinema its voice, 1929 audiences were treated to a lavish music‑comedy‑novelty revue. Hosted by Frank Fay, the jam‑packed show features over 70 acts—including bicyclists, boxer Georges Carpentier, dazzling chorus lines, sister duets, Myrna Loy in two‑strip Technicolor as an exotic Far‑East beauty, John Barrymore delivering his first on‑screen spoken Shakespeare soliloquy, and Winnie Lightner’s playful “Singing in the Bathtub” number—plus a cameo by Rin‑Tin‑Tin.
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