On with the Show! | |
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Directed by | Alan Crosland Larry Ceballos (ensemble dir.)[1] |
Written by | Robert Lord (scenario & dialogue)[1] |
Based on | Shoestring by Humphrey Pearson |
Starring | Joe E. Brown Betty Compson Arthur Lake Ethel Waters Louise Fazenda |
Cinematography | Tony Gaudio (Technicolor) |
Edited by | William Holmes |
Music by | Harry Akst |
Color process | Two-strip Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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] On January 1, 2025, the film's copyright expired, resulting in the film entering the public domain.[7]
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