The Show of Shows

Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!

Cast

Frank Fay Master of Ceremonies

Lloyd Hamilton Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")

Lupino Lane Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet

Ben Turpin Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

Sally O'Neil Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers

Alice Day Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers

Patsy Ruth Miller Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers

Marian Nixon Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

Lila Lee Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

Myrna Loy Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers

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

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