On with the Show! (1929 film)

On with the Show!
theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Crosland
Larry Ceballos
(ensemble dir.)[1]
Written byRobert Lord
(scenario & dialogue)[1]
Based onShoestring
by Humphrey Pearson
StarringJoe E. Brown
Betty Compson
Arthur Lake
Ethel Waters
Louise Fazenda
CinematographyTony Gaudio (Technicolor)
Edited byWilliam Holmes
Music byHarry Akst
Color processTwo-strip Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • May 28, 1929 (1929-05-28)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$493,000[2][3]
Box office$2,415,000 (worldwide rentals)[4][2][3]

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).[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference afi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15: 55–73. doi:10.1080/01439689500260031.
  3. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 7 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  4. ^ Hall, Sheldon; Neale, Stephen (2010). Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780814330081.
  5. ^ On with the Show at silentera.com database
  6. ^ King, Susan (December 2, 2009). "Warner Archive Releases Early Musicals". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 3, 2009.

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