Directed by:
Charles ReisnerCinematography:
John ArnoldComposer:
Arthur LangeCast:
Conrad Nagel, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Bessie Love, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Page, Marion Davies, Buster Keaton, Marie Dressler, Karl Dane (more)Plots(1)
Everybody sing. Everybody dance. Or, failing that, everybody step in place during the famed Singin' in the Rain finale. A torrent of talent takes the screen in the first all-star Talkie Era showcase of heretofore silent-screen players. Much of The Hollywood Revue of 1929 was filmed in the graveyard shift so that the stars' daytime shooting schedules would not be disrupted. Fans in Los Angeles and New York City were treated to movie marquees that included live showgirls. Once in the theater, they were treated to the on-screen delights of Joan Crawford singing and Charlestoning, Laurel and Hardy clowning, Norma Shearer and John Gilbert spoofing the Bard (in color!), Buster Keaton stonefacing and much more in a historic menagerie of fun. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Conrad Nagel
USA
Best movies:
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
London After Midnight (1927)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Norma Shearer
Canada
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
Way Down East (1920)
Joan Crawford
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Bessie Love
USA
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Ragtime (1981)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
Stan Laurel
UK
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Our Relations (1936)
Oliver Hardy
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Our Relations (1936)
Anita Page
USA
Best movies:
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
This Happy Breed (1944) - a.f.
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Marion Davies
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Buster Keaton
USA
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Limelight (1952)
Marie Dressler
Canada
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Dinner at Eight (1933)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Karl Dane
Denmark
Best movies:
The Big Parade (1925)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
The Mysterious Island (1929)
Charles King
USA
Best movies:
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
This Happy Breed (1944) - a.f.
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Lionel Barrymore
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
West of Zanzibar (1928)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Carla Laemmle
USA
Best movies:
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
King of Jazz (1930)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
John Gilbert
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Ann Dvorak
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1932)
'G' Men (1935)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
William Haines
USA
Best movies:
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Show People (1928)
Souls for Sale (1923)
Nils Asther
Denmark
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Night Monster (1942)
Edward J. Nugent
USA
Best movies:
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Night Nurse (1931)
42nd Street (1933)
Polly Moran
USA
Best movies:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Adam's Rib (1949)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)