Show of Shows

Directed by: John G. Adolfi, , USA, 1929

  •   Genre: Musical,


Cast and Credits

Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Distribution Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Producer Darryl F. Zanuck
Director John G. Adolfi
Scenario J. Keirn Brennan
Frank Fay
Director of Photography Barney McGill
Paul Ivano [Director of photography: second unit (not credited)]
Cast Frank Fay [Master of Ceremonies]
William Courtenay [The Minister - Guillotine Sequence]
H.B. Warner [The Victim - Guillotine Sequence]
Hobart Bosworth [Executioner - Guillotine Sequence]
John Barrymore [Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III']
Harry Akst [Pianist - Accompanying Irene Bordoni]
Armida [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number (as Mimi Vendrell)]
Johnny Arthur [Hero - Performer in 'The Pirate']
Mary Astor [Performer in 'The Pirate' Number]
William Bakewell [Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Richard Barthelmess [Meet My Sister Presenter]
Noah Beery jr. [Performer in 'The Pirate' Number / Soldier (segment 'Rifle Execution')]
Sally Blane [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number]
Monte Blue [Condemned Man (segment 'Rifle Execution')]
Irene Bordoni [Performer in 'Just for One Hour of Love' Number]
Jack Buchanan [Jack Buchanan]
Joseph Burke [Joe Burke (as Joe Burke)]
Marion Byron [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number]
Georges Carpentier [Boulevardier in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number]
Ethlyne Clair [Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number]
James H. Clemens [(as Jimmy Clemons)]
Ruth Clifford [Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number]
William Collier jr. [Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Betty Compson [Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers]
Chester Conklin [Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Heinie Conklin [Ice Man in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number]
Dolores Costello [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number]
Helene Costello [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number]
Jack Curtis [Performer in 'The Pirate' Number]
Viola Dana [Performer in 'The Pirate,' 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numb]
Alice Day [Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers]
Marceline Day [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number]
Sally Eilers [Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number]
Douglas Fairbanks jr. [Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Louise Fazenda ['Recitations' Sketch]
Pauline Garon [Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Albert Gran [Soldier (segment 'Rifle Execution')]
Albert Gran [Performer in 'Lady Luck' Number]
Julanne Johnston [Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number]
SĂ´jin Kamiyama [Performer in $20 Bet Sketch (as Sojin)]
Lupino Lane [Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ball]
Lila Lee [Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number]
Lila Lee [Performer in ''Ladies of the Ensemble'' Number]
Ted Lewis [Performer in 'The Pirate' Number]
Winnie Lightner [Performer in 'Pingo Pongo' & 'Singing in the Bathtub' Numbers]
Beatrice Lillie [Segment 'Recitations']
Jacqueline Logan [Performer in 'The Pirate' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers]
Myrna Loy [Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Number]
Nick Lucas [Lady Luck solo for 'The Only Song I Know' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers]
Tully Marshall [Performer in 'The Pirate' / Soldier (segment 'Rifle Execution')]
Shirley Mason [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numbers]
Otto Matieson [Performer in 'The Pirate' Number]
Philo McCullough [Performer in 'The Pirate' Number]
Patsy Ruth Miller [Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Lov]
Bull Montana [Performer in 'The Pirate' Number]
Lee Moran [Plumber in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / Soldier (segment 'R]
Chester Morris [Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers]
Jack Mulhall [Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Edna Murphy [Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Carmel Myers [Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number]
Marian Nixon [Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number]
Sally O'Neil [Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers]
Molly O'Day [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number]
Gertrude Olmstead [Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Kalla Pasha [Performer in 'The Pirate' Number]
Anders Randolf [Performer in 'The Pirate' Number]
Sid Silvers [Al Jolson Impersonator / Introducing Larry Ceballos Black and White Girls N]
Ann Sothern [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet]
Ben Turpin [Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number]
Ben Turpin [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number]
Ben Turpin [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number]
Ben Turpin [Performer in ''Meet My Sister'' Number (as Lola Vendrell)]
Edward Ward [(as Eddie Ward)]
Alice White [Performer in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number]
Lois Wilson [Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Grant Withers [Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number]
Loretta Young [Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number]
Lloyd Hamilton

Technical specifications
Category: Feature Film
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm, 1:1,37 - Ratio: 1:1,37 - Black and White Technicolor,Length: 128 minutes
Sound System: mono
First Screening: November 21, 1929 in New York

General Information

Show of Shows is a motion picture produced in the year 1929 as a USA production. The Film was directed by John G. Adolfi, with Frank Fay, William Courtenay, H.B. Warner, Hobart Bosworth, John Barrymore, in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file; There are no reviews of Show of Shows available.



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IMDb - International Movie Data Base Nr. tt0020403
KinoTV Database Nr. 47220
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