On with the Show! (1929 film)
| On with the Show! | |
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theatrical release poster
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| Directed by |
Alan Crosland Larry Ceballos (ensemble dir.) |
| Written by |
Robert Lord (scenario & dialogue) |
| Based on |
Shoestring by Humphrey Pearson |
| Starring |
Joe E. Brown Betty Compson Arthur Lake Ethel Waters Louise Fazenda |
| Music by | Harry Akst |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio (Technicolor) |
| Edited by | William Holmes |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Release date
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May 28, 1929 or
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Running time
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103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,415,000 |
On with the Show! is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film released by Warner Bros. Filmed in Two-strip Technicolor, the film is noted as the first all-talking, all-color feature length movie, and the second color movie released by Warner Bros.; the first was a partly color, black-and-white musical, The Desert Song (1929).
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. The cast includes William Bakewell as the head usher eager to get his sweetheart, box-office girl Sally O'Neil, noticed as a leading girl. Betty Compson plays the temperamental star and Arthur Lake the whiny young male lead. Louise Fazenda is the company's eccentric comedian. Joe E. Brown plays the part of a mean comedian who constantly argues with Arthur Lake.
, and Danced by Marion Fairbanks and Madeline Fairbanks
Warner Bros. promoted On with the Show! as being in "natural color." The pioneers of sound were the first to introduce full talking combined with full color. Adverts proclaimed 'Now color takes to the screen'. For Warner's this would be the first in a series of contracted films made in color.
The film generated much interest in Hollywood and virtually overnight, most other major studios began films shot in the process. The film would be eclipsed by the far greater success of the second Technicolor film, Gold Diggers of Broadway. (Song of the West was actually completed first but had its release delayed until March 1930).
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