On with the Show!

On with the Show!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Crosland
Written byRobert Lord
(scenario & dialogue)
Based onShoestring
by Humphrey Pearson
Produced byWarner Bros.
StarringJoe E. Brown
Betty Compson
Arthur Lake
Ethel Waters
Louise Fazenda
Sally O'Neil
William Bakewell
CinematographyTony Gaudio (Technicolor)
Edited byWilliam Holmes
Music byHarry Akst
Grant Clarke
Color processTwo-strip Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • May 28, 1929 (1929-05-28) (NYC)
  • July 13, 1929 (1929-07-13) (US)
  • November 27, 1929 (1929-11-27) (IRE)
  • January 11, 1930 (1930-01-11) (AU)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$493,000
Box office$2,415,000 (worldwide rentals)

On with the Show! is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. 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.