Hit of the Show
1928 film by Ralph Ince
- Enid Hibbard
- Edgar Allan Woolf
Production
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Release date
- July 8, 1928 (1928-07-08)
Running time
English intertitles
Hit of the Show is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Joe E. Brown, Gertrude Olmstead and William Bailey.[1] In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film system.[2]
Plot
Cast
- Joe E. Brown as Twisty
- Gertrude Olmstead as Kathlyn Carson
- William Bailey as Tremaine
- Gertrude Astor as Trece
- Ole M. Ness as Goldstein
- Lee Shumway as Greening
- William Francis Dugan as Teague
- Ione Holmes as Charlotte Van
- LeRoy Mason as Woody
- Frank Mills as Barnes
- Daphne Pollard as The Slavey
- Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as Carson
Music
The film featured a theme song entitled “You’re In Love and I’m In Love” which was composed by Walter Donaldson. Also featured on the soundtrack was a song entitled "Waitin' For Katy" which was composed by Gus Khan and Ted Shapiro.[2]
Preservation
A print of Hit of the Show is in the film collection of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée at Fort de Bois-d'Arcy.[3]
See also
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
Sources
- Quinlan, David. The Illustrated Guide to Film Directors. Batsford, 1983.
External links
- Hit of the Show at IMDb
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- A Million Bid (1914)
- The Conflict (1916)
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- The Eleventh Commandment (1918)
- The Panther Woman (1918)
- Sealed Hearts (1919)
- The Perfect Lover (1919)
- Red Foam (1920)
- Out of the Snows (1920)
- His Wife's Money (1920)
- After Midnight (1921)
- Remorseless Love (1921)
- The Highest Law (1921)
- A Man's Home (1921)
- Tropical Love (1921)
- Wet Gold (1921)
- Channing of the Northwest (1922)
- A Wide Open Town (1922)
- Reckless Youth (1922)
- Counterfeit Love (1923)
- Homeward Bound (1923)
- Success (1923)
- Dynamite Smith (1924)
- The House of Youth (1924)
- The Chorus Lady (1924)
- The Moral Sinner (1924)
- The Uninvited Guest (1924)
- Playing with Souls (1925)
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- Smooth as Satin (1925)
- Lady Robinhood (1925)
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- The Sea Wolf (1926)
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- The Lone Wolf Returns (1926)
- The Better Way (1926)
- Home Struck (1927)
- Shanghaied (1927)
- Not for Publication (1927)
- Enemies of Society (1927)
- South Sea Love (1927)
- Wandering Girls (1927)
- Danger Street (1928)
- Chicago After Midnight (1928)
- Coney Island (1928)
- The Wreck of the Singapore (1928)
- Hit of the Show (1928)
- A Real Girl (1929)
- Hurricane (1929)
- Men of America (1932)
- Flaming Gold (1933)
- Lucky Devils (1933)
- No Escape (1934)
- A Glimpse of Paradise (1934)
- What's in a Name? (1934)
- The Black Mask (1935)
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- Blue Smoke (1935)
- Rolling Home (1935)
- Murder at Monte Carlo (1935)
- Crime Unlimited (1935)
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- Hail and Farewell (1936)
- Fair Exchange (1936)
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