The Great Gabbo is a 1929 American Pre-Code early sound musical drama film directed by James Cruze, based on Ben Hecht's 1928 short story "The Rival Dummy", and starring Erich von Stroheim and Betty Compson.[1] The film features songs by Lynn Cowan, Paul Titsworth, Donald McNamee and King Zany.
Originally released by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, certain sequences were presented in Multicolor. However, current prints, restored by the Library of Congress and released by Kino International on DVD, exist only in black-and-white.
^The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Great Gabbo
TheGreatGabbo is a 1929 American Pre-Code early sound musical drama film directed by James Cruze, based on Ben Hecht's 1928 short story "The Rival Dummy"...
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and the ventriloquist's dummy takes on a life of its own, advising and taunting his master. TheGreatGabbo fell far short of expectations at the boxoffice...
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transparent dyes did not impact the clarity or detail of the image seen on the screen, the result could look rather naturalistic, but the choice of what colors...
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in 1919, with The Miracle Man, which is now lost. In the early-to-mid 1920s, Compson was a major player at Paramount. By the end of the decade, her work...
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