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The Hollywood Revue of 1929 is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Charles Reisner released in USA on 23 november 1929 with Conrad Nagel

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
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Released in USA 23 november 1929
Length 1h56
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Musical theatre,    Musical
Rating57% 2.8513852.8513852.8513852.8513852.851385

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 is an American Pre-Code musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was the studio's second feature-length musical, and one of their earliest sound films. Produced by Harry Rapf and Irving Thalberg and directed by Charles Reisner, it features nearly all of MGM's stars in a two-hour revue that includes three segments in Technicolor. The masters of ceremonies are Conrad Nagel and Jack Benny.

Synopsis

Avec l'arrivée du cinéma parlant et les prémices du Technicolor les grandes compagnies cinématographiques hollywoodiennes décidèrent de mettre en chantier ce que l'on n'appelait pas encore "superproduction". De fait il s'agissait de réunir dans un même film l'ensemble des acteurs composant leurs écuries respectives. Ainsi la Warner Bros. fit-elle réaliser son The Show of Shows tandis que de son côté La Métro sortait Hollywood chante et danse rassemblant ses comédiens parmi lesquels naturellement Stan Laurel et Oliver Hardy. Pas de scénario dans ce fil qui est composé d'une succession de numéros musicaux pour lesquels les acteurs furent invités à faire un peu le contraire de ce qu'ils faisaient d'habitude à l'écran. Laurel et Hardy s'en tirent plutôt bien en jouant les présentateurs magiciens.

Actors

Conrad Nagel

(Self - Master of Ceremonies)Jack Benny

(Self - Master of Ceremonies)Joan Crawford

(Self)Marion Davies

(Self)Anita Page

(Self)
And :
Marie Dressler
William Haines
Buster Keaton
Nils Asther
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