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Show of Shows is a american film of genre Musical directed by John G. Adolfi released in USA on 29 december 1929 with Frank Fay

Show of Shows (1929)

Show of Shows
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Released in USA 29 december 1929
Length 2h8
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Musical
Rating58% 2.903232.903232.903232.903232.90323

The Show of Shows is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all talking Vitaphone production cost $850,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor. The Show of Shows was Warner Bros.' fifth color movie; the first four were The Desert Song (1929), On with the Show (1929), Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) and Paris (1929). (Song of the West was actually completed by June 1929 but had its release delayed until March 1930). The Show of Shows featured most of the contemporary Warner Bros. film stars.

Actors

Frank Fay

(Master of Ceremonies)Anthony Bushell
John Barrymore

(Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited))William Courtenay

(The Minister - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited))William Bakewell

(Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited))
And :
Richard Barthelmess
Ruth Clifford
Noah Beery Sr.
Mary Astor
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