The Hollywood Revue of 1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929

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Conrad Nagel, representing the Hollywood movie community, and Jack Benny, representing the Broadway stage community, act as the interlocutors of a musical comedy revue. A plethora of chorus boys and girls are featured front and center in some of the song and dance numbers, and provide back-up to some other acts. But the revue primarily is a vehicle to highlight a cavalcade of Hollywood movie and Broadway stage stars. One early running gag has both Nagel and Benny playing stra... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Hollywood Revue of 1929:

Conrad Nagel
Jack Benny
John Gilbert
Norma Shearer
Joan Crawford
Bessie Love

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Conrad Nagel, representing the Hollywood movie community, and Jack Benny, representing the Broadway stage community, act as the interlocutors of a musical comedy revue. A plethora of chorus boys and girls are featured front and center in some of the song and dance numbers, and provide back-up to some other acts. But the revue primarily is a vehicle to highlight a cavalcade of Hollywood movie and Broadway stage stars. One early running gag has both Nagel and Benny playing straight man to Cliff Edwards, who just wants a nice introduction to his act. Edwards would return later to be featured along with the Brox Sisters in one of the highlights of the second act, a production number around the song "Singin' in Rain", complete with rain soaked stage. A reprise of the song with the entire cast acts as the revue's finale.

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Variety - 8/10 by Variety StaffNo semblance of a story, and considering cast nobody is going to care.
New York Times - 7/10 by Mordaunt HallIt is a talking and singing film free from irritating outpourings of coarse slang or a tedious, sobbing romance.
Chicago Reader - 5/10 by Dave KehrMGM's entry in the cycle of all-star studio revues that came with the advent of sound; it was by far the most popular, though the waning of some of the celebrities featured makes it seem a little creaky today.
User Review - 8/10 by J. Scott FBuster Keaton And Cliff Edwards Who Are In This Film Have Been In Two Of My Favorite Films, 1926's The General And 1940's Pinocchio.
User Review - 8/10 by James HBasically, this is just a menagerie of skits, but it was always fascinating and very interesting slice of history. What an amazing cast of stars from the time. An amazing film!!
User Review - 6/10 by David LThe Hollywood Revue of 1929 is a curious product of its time which is entirely plotless, overlong and mostly forgettable, but with a couple of interesting segments with the highlight being the classic song Singin' in the Rain. It is most definitely not nearly as appealing now as it was when it came out, but still the sheer amount of stars in it makes it a somewhat fascinating time capsule.
User Review - 6/10 by Michael TAlthough I totally see how this movie was a big deal in 1929, it's really nothing more than a historical curiosity these days. If you're like me and totally into film history, it's worth checking out at least once. But if you have no interest in film history, you're probably not going to get anything out of it at all.
User Review - 6/10 by I don't know wNotorious for being the film that supposedly sunk John Gilberts career, there's still a lot to love about this. Jack Benny is a great host, and the musical acts are mostly fun. Like a true review, some acts are better then others, while some like Joan Crawfords song and dance are simply strange. Anyways, while an interesting curiosity (it's main point was to introduce silent stars to sound films), it still manages to entertain today.
User Review - 4/10 by Cameron JAs a Joan Crawford completist, I had to watch this. She does a wobbly song, a competent dance, and that's it until the finale, when she joins the cast for "Singin' in the Rain." In between, there is the usual stuff of a twenties-era vaudeville revue. Joan film 62/81 for me.
User Review - 2/10 by Mackenzie SI totally hoped I'd be the first to review this. A Broadway showcase on film. Maybe you had to be in a Broadway theater to enjoy it.

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