Name: On With The Show! (1929) Director: Alan Crosland Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Starring: Ethel Waters, Joe E. Brown, Betty Compson, Arthur Lake, Sally O’Neil, Louise Fazenda, William Bakewell Release Date: May 28, 1929 Runtime: 103 minutes Format: Early Technicolor (two-color process), Sound-on-disc (Vitaphone) Country: United States Language: English Genres: | Musical | Comedy | Drama | --- Summary: On With The Show! follows the backstage drama of a struggling theater troupe preparing a new musical revue. As tempers flare, hearts break, and last-minute chaos ensues, the cast must pull together to make opening night a success. Amidst the laughter and heartbreak, the film weaves together the dreams and disillusionments of performers desperate to make it big on the stage. --- Background: Released by Warner Bros. in 1929, On With The Show! was the first all-talking, all-color feature film ever made, marking a milestone in cinema history. Directed by Alan Crosland, who had previously helmed The Jazz Singer (1927), this film represented Hollywood’s rapid evolution from silent pictures to sound and color. The production used the two-color Technicolor process, which could reproduce only reds and greens, giving the film a distinctive visual tone. Though only fragments survive in color today, On With The Show! remains a landmark in early film technology and musical cinema. --- Trivia: * On With The Show! was Warner Bros.’ first all-color, all-talking picture. * The film’s theme song, “Am I Blue?”, became a major hit and a jazz standard. * Ethel Waters’ performance was among the first by an African American singer in a major Hollywood talkie. * Original Technicolor prints are mostly lost; most surviving versions exist only in black and white. * The success of the film encouraged Warner Bros. to produce other early color musicals, including Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929). --- Hashtags: #OnWithTheShow1929 #EarlyHollywood #Technicolor #WarnerBros #AlanCrosland #EthelWaters #ClassicMusicals #OldHollywood #FilmHistory #Vitaphone