For the TV show (1950–1954), see Your Show of Shows. For the documentary film, see The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals.
The Show of Shows
theatrical release poster
Directed by
John G. Adolfi
Written by
Special material: Frank Fay J. Keirn Brennan
Produced by
Darryl F. Zanuck
Cinematography
Barney McGill
Music by
Edward Ward
Production company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
November 28, 1929 (1929-11-28) (US)[1]
Running time
128 minutes 107 minutes (Technicolor)
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$795,000[2]
Box office
$1,624,000[2]
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 almost $800,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor.[2]
The Show of Shows was Warner Bros.' fifth color film; 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, including John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Noah Beery Sr., Loretta Young, Dolores Costello, Bull Montana, Myrna Loy, Chester Conklin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tully Marshall, Nick Lucas, and Betty Compson.
^The Show of Shows at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
^ abcWarner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 10 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
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