The Girl in the Show

The Girl in the Show
Directed by Edgar Selwyn
Screenplay by Edgar Selwyn
Joseph Farnham
Based on Eva the Fifth 
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 dates
  • August 31, 1929 (1929-08-31)
Running time
82 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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 released August 31, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2][3]

Cast

Plot

A traveling Tom show is stranded in Kansas when their manager steals what meager funds they have. Hattie Hartley (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]

Reception

The film received negative reviews, with one reviewer claiming that people were yelling at the screen in the theater.[5]

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. "The Girl in the Show (1929) – Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. "The Girl in the Show". AFI. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. Munden, Kenneth White (ed.). American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films 1921–1930. p. 292.
  5. "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.

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