On With The Show! (1929) On DVD

Actor:          Arthur Lake, Betty Compson, Joe E. Brown, Sally O'Neill, William Bakewell                           
Director:     Alan Crosland  
Genre:        Musicals
Year:          1929
Studio:       Warner/Allied Vaughn
Length:      104
Released:   February 16, 2006
Rating:        Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:       DVD
Misc:           NTSC, Black & White
Language:  English
Subtitles  :  N/A

DESCRIPTION:

The Jazz Singer made Talkies the rage, backstage musicals became one of the staples of the era and amid all the voh-de-oh-doing and tap-tapping came this movie that Time called "the most interesting of its type to date." Adding to the interest: a narrative structure that cuts between the onstage production of a make-or-break show and the in-the-wings scrambling to mount it - and to find out who heisted the night's gate receipts; movie newcomer Ethel Waters debuting Am I Blue, the song that became her signature tune; and rubber-faced Joe E. Brown in his first Warner Bros. movie. The film notched a historic benchmark by being the first all-color (two-strip Technicolor) sound feature. Color prints no longer exist but...On with the Show!