Old MGM Vitaphone 16" Records, Hollywood Revue, 1929

$

464

Up for bid are these twelve (12) MGM vitaphone or transcription records from 1929. The title of the movie is “HOLLYWOOD REVUE.” All records are in very good condition. There are no major scratches or any cracks on the records. I have no way to test these records but from what I can see, the grooves are still smooth. Each record measures 16 inches and the grooves are only on one side of the record. The other side is blank. I am not sure if this is a complete set of the movie. The sleeves appeared to be all original with the records. I am not familiar with these records, but if you need more pictures or if you want to share some information about these records, please let me know. Thanks for looking. Please also check my other auction for vitaphone records.

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Plot Synopsis (by Hal Erickson)

With the arrival of talkies, every major studio hopped on the musical bandwagon by turning out lavish "revues," spotlighting their top stars performing specialty numbers. MGM's entry in this all-star genre was Hollywood Revue of 1929, which, though a box-office smash and a "Best Picture" Oscar nominee, is an absolutely deadly experience when seen today. Even so, it coasts by on its curiosity value, as several major MGM luminaries display their all-talking, all-singing, all-dancing talents (or lack of same). The film is hosted by Conrad Nagel and Jack Benny, the latter still purveying the "wise-guy" personality he used on screen before adopting his more likable radio characterization. Some of the individual acts are modestly entertaining: Joan Crawford, the top of her head cut off due to faulty camerawork, is quite appealing in a jazz number; Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton provide genuine laughs, the former in a makeshift magic act and the latter performing a burlesque ballet; Bessie Love and Marion Davies are cute and cuddly in their respective musical numbers, while Marie Dressler is outrageously funny in her brace of appearances; and, best of all, Cliff Edwards solemnly introduces MGM's "signature" tune Singin' in the Rain, which serves as a leitmotif throughout the picture. Other "highlights" are more impressive for their concept than their actual execution: Gus Edwards' "Lon Chaney Will Get You if You Don't Find Out" would have been more interesting had the real Lon Chaney Sr. made an appearance (something he reportedly refused to do), while John Gilbert and Norma Shearer's "slang" version of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet (a sequence filmed in Technicolor) produces winces rather than laughs. At that, these scenes are easier to digest than the wretched sentimental ballad Your Mother and Mine, performed ad nauseum by the otherwise reliable Charles King, and the overproduced and under-rehearsed Orange Blossom finale (also in color). Long available only in its 82-minute TV release version, Hollywood Revue of 1929 was restored to nearly its original 125-minute length in the 1970s; the film is worth seeing once for historical purposes, but is hardly a "keeper," even for the most diligent of video collectors.

Year: 1929          

Run Time:  130 min.

Countries: USA

MPAA Rating

Category: Feature

Color Type:  B&W and Color

Director: Charles "Chuck" Riesner

Genres: Musical

Types: Musical Comedy

Flags: Suitable for Children

Set In: Hollywood, CA

Release: 1929 11 23 (USA)

Released by: MGM

Awards (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Best Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, 1928-1929

Best Picture: 1928-1929

Cast:

Marion Davies  

John Gilbert      

Norma Shearer                

William Haines  

Joan Crawford  

Buster Keaton  

Bessie Love       

Charles King      

Conrad Nagel     - Master of Ceremonies

Lionel Barrymore            

Marie Dressler

Jack Benny          - Master of Ceremonies

Gus Edwards     

Oliver Hardy      

Gwen Lee          

Anita Page         

George K. Arthur            

Nils Asther         

Ernest Belcher's Dancing Tots    

Charles King Bibby          

The Biltmore Quartet    

Karl Dane            

Ann Dvorak        - Chorus girl

Cliff Edwards     

Stan Laurel         

Polly Moran       

Albertina Rasch                

The Rounders   

Credits:

Charles "Chuck" Riesner               - Director

Harry Rapf           - Producer

Al Boasberg        - Dialogue Writer

Robert Hopkins                 - Dialogue Writer

John Arnold        - Cinematographer

Max Fabian         - Cinematographer

John M. Nickolaus, Jr.    - Cinematographer

Irving G. Ries      - Cinematographer

Gus Edwards      - Composer (Music Score)

Joe Goodwin     - Songwriter

William S. Gray - Editor

Cameron K. Wood           - Editor

Richard Day        - Art Director

Cedric Gibbons                 - Art Director

David Cox            - Costume Designer

Douglas Shearer               - Sound/Sound Designer

George Cunningham      - Choreography

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