The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) | |
| Director(s) | Charles Reisner |
| Producer(s) | Harry Rapf (uncredited), Irving Thalberg (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Musical |
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) was a Musical Film directed by Charles Reisner and produced by Irving Thalberg and Harry Rapf.
Academy Awards 1928/29 --- Ceremony Number 2 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Picture | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominated |
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Musical Monday: The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
on Dec 30, 2024 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical:The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1... Read full article
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
By L? on May 18, 2018 From Critica RetroThe Hollywood Revue of 1929 O que era moda em 1929? E o que era novidade? Para responder a ambas as perguntas, voc? apenas tem de assistir a “Hollywood Revue”, de 1929, que foi de fato o primeiro grande musical da MGM. O filme traz todas as grandes estrelas que tinham contrato co... Read full article
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)*
By Vanessa Buttino on Sep 10, 2014 From StardustThe Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)* I have been waiting YEARS to see this film! Thanks to the kind folks at Warner Archive who sent me a copy of the DVD to review, I have finally been able to strike this film off of my To Watch list. The first I had heard of this film was during a viewing o... Read full article
Awkward Early Talkie Theatre: "The Hollywood Revue of 1929"
By David on Feb 21, 2014 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze"The Hollywood Revue of 1929," MGM's entry in the look-at-us-we're-talking sweepstakes, is a lot like Warner Bros.' "The Show of Shows," released later that year. It's a big-budget hodgepodge of skits and songs featuring almost every performer on the lot (a select few were exempt -- Al Jolson isn't ... Read full article
Awkward Early Talkie Theatre: "The Hollywood Revue of 1929"
By David on Feb 21, 2014 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze"The Hollywood Revue of 1929," MGM's entry in the look-at-us-we're-talking sweepstakes, is a lot like Warner Bros.' "The Show of Shows," released later that year. It's a big-budget hodgepodge of skits and songs featuring almost every performer on the lot (a select few were exempt -- Al Jolson isn't ... Read full article
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Norma Shearer plays Juliet in the "Romeo and Juliet" sketch, with John Gilbert as Romeo. Shearer would later play Juliet, opposite Leslie Howard as Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, the last movie produced by her husband, Irving Thalberg, before his untimely death.
First filmed performance of "Singin' in the Rain". This sequence inspired the opening credits of Singin' in the Rain.
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