The Show of Shows
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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 | |
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| 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 | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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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 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.