The Girl in the Show is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Edgar Selwyn and written by Edgar Selwyn and Joseph Farnham. The film stars Bessie Love, Raymond Hackett, Edward Nugent, Mary Doran, and Jed Prouty. The film was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2][3]
| The Girl in the Show | |
|---|---|
 Love as Hattie Hartley, in costume as Eva | |
| Directed by | Edgar Selwyn |
| Screenplay by | Edgar Selwyn Joseph Farnham |
| Based on | Eva the Fifth (1928 play) by Kenyon Nicholson John Golden[1] |
| Starring | Bessie Love Raymond Hackett Edward Nugent Mary Doran Jed Prouty |
| Cinematography | Arthur Reed |
| Edited by | Harry Reynolds |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | |
Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA traveling Tom show is stranded in Kansas when their manager steals what meager funds they have. Hattie Hartley (Bessie Love), who plays Eva in the production, decides to marry the local undertaker, so that he will fund the troupe and pay for her younger sister's schooling. On the day of the wedding, the troupe is booked for a performance at the last minute. Hattie refuses to get married so that she can play the role of Eva, an act which reunites her with her true love, a member of their troupe.[4]
Cast
edit- Bessie Love as Hattie Hartley
- Raymond Hackett as Mal Thorne
- Edward Nugent as Dave Amazon
- Mary Doran as Connie Bard
- Jed Prouty as Newton Wampler
- Ford Sterling as Ed Bondell
- Nanci Price as Oriole
- Lucy Beaumont as Lorna Montrose
- Richard Carlyle as Leon Montrose
- Alice Moe as Grace Steeple
- Frank Nelson as Tracy Boone
- Jack McDonald as Ernest Beaumont
- Ethel Wales as Mrs. Truxton
- John F. Morrissey as Jeff Morgan
- John T. Prince as Mr. Oliver - Minister
Reception
editThe film received negative reviews, with one reviewer claiming that people were yelling at the screen in the theater.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nicholson, Kenyon; Golden, John (1928). Eva the Fifth: the odyssey of a Tom show, in three acts. New York City: S. French, Inc. OCLC 558211.
- ^ a b "The Girl in the Show (1929) – Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ^ a b "The Girl in the Show". AFI. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ^ Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1971). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1921–1930. New York: R.R. Bowker Company. p. 292. OCLC 664500075.
- ^ "Girl in the Show". Variety. New York. October 9, 1929. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
Even the Brooklynites who saw this thing on this day could be heard calling the picture names right in the theatre.
External links
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- The Girl in the Show at IMDb
- The Girl in the Show at AllMovie
- The Girl in the Show at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Girl in the Show on YouTube
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