eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7p1373 HOLLYWOOD REVUE 8x10.25 still 1929 Marion Davies in bellhop costume for a musical number! Date Sold 11/19/2024Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) The Hollywood Revue (also released as "Hollywood Revue of 1929"), the 1929 Charles Reisner MGM all-star musical ("All-Talking All-Singing All-Dancing"; "25 Stars and Chorus of 200"; "The last word in motion pictures"; "Dances and ensembles by Sammy Lee"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Marion Davies, John Gilbert, Norma Shearer (Shearer and Gilbert do a scene from Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet!), William Haines, Joan Crawford, Buster Keaton, Bessie Love, Charles King, Conrad Nagel, Marie Dressler, Jack Benny (as Master of Ceremonies), Gus Edwards, Karl Dane, George K. Arthur (Dane and Arthur), Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (Laurel and Hardy), Cliff Edwards (billed as "Ukelele Ike"), Anita Page, Polly Moran, Gwen Lee, The Brox Sisters, Albertina Rasch Ballet, Natacha Nattova & Co, The Rounders, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Dvorak, The Mawby Triplets, and Conrad Nagel (as Master of Ceremonies), "and a chorus of 200". Note that this was an all-star MGM production, with all of their top stars at the time, but it is best remembered today for being the movie that introduced the classic Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown song, "Singin' in the Rain"! Note that Karl Dane and George K. Arthur appeared in two of the same movies in the mid-1920s, and then in 1927, MGM paired the huge Dane with the diminutive Arthur as a comedy team in 1927's "Rookies", and they were a huge hit, and over the next four years, they appeared in a total of 17 comedies as a Laurel & Hardy-like slapstick comedy team. But Dane had a very thick accent, and he could not make the transition to sound movies, and he had a few bit parts given to him by friends, but by 1934, he was washed up, and he bought a hot dog cart which he displayed outside of the MGM gates! Apparently, he reasonably found this extremely depressing, and he soon committed suicide. The following year, Arthur retired from movies and became a Broadway producer among other careers, and he lived until 1985, when he was 86 years old! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades
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