The Show of Shows

Year: 1929

Runtime: 128 mins

Language: English

Director: John G. Adolfi

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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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