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Synopsis
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!
Details
- John G. Adolfi
- November 21, 1929
- Released
- United States of America
- The Vitaphone Corporation
- 2h 8m
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Frank FayMaster of Ceremonies -
Lloyd HamiltonHansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") -
Lupino LaneStreet Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet -
Ben TurpinWaiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number -
John BarrymoreRichard III in 'Henry VI Part III' -
Sally O'NeilPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers -
Alice DayPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers -
Patsy Ruth MillerPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers -
Marian NixonPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number -
Lila LeePerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number -
Myrna LoyPerformer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers -
Chester MorrisPerformer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
