ON WITH THE SHOW (1929) Arthur Lake, Betty Compson & Joe E. Brown | Musical | B&W | Old Hollywood

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On with the Show! is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film produced by Warner Bros. Filmed in two-color Technicolor, the film became the first all-talking, all-color feature-length film, and the second color film released by Warner Bros.; the first was the partly color musical The Desert Song (1929). On January 1, 2025, the film's copyright expired, resulting in the film entering the public domain.

Synopsis

With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box-office revenue has been stolen and the leading lady refuses to appear.

Cast & Crew

Betty Compson as Nita French
Louise Fazenda as Sarah Fogarty
Sally O'Neil as Kitty
Joe E. Brown as Joe Beaton
Purnell B. Pratt as Sam Bloom
William Bakewell as Jimmy
Madeline and Marion Fairbanks as the Dorsey Twins
Wheeler Oakman as Bob Wallace
Sam Hardy as Jerry
Thomas Jefferson as Dad
Lee Moran as Pete, the Stage Manager
Harry Gribbon as Joe
Arthur Lake as Harold Astor
Josephine Houston as Harold's fiancée
Henry Fink as Father
Otto Hoffman as Bert
Ethel Waters as herself
Harmony Four Quartette as themselves
Four Covans as themselves
Angelus Babe as himself

Directed by:
Alan Crosland
Larry Ceballos (ensemble director)
Written by: Robert Lord (scenario & dialogue)
Based on: Shoestring by Humphrey Pearson
Cinematography: Tony Gaudio (Technicolor)
Edited by: William Holmes
Music by: Harry Akst
Color Process: Two-strip Technicolor
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: May 28, 1929
Running Time: 103 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $493,000
Box Office: $2,415,000 (worldwide rentals)