The Show of Shows
| Show of Shows | |
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Theatrical half-sheet | |
| 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 |
| Box office | $1,624,000 |
Show of Shows (also The Show of Shows in various contemporary media accounts) is a 1929 American sound pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The sound Vitaphone production was shot almost entirely in Technicolor, cost almost $800,000 and earned more than twice as much at the box office.
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 its release was delayed until March 1930.) The film features 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., Winnie Lightner, Tully Marshall, Nick Lucas and Betty Compson.