The Girl in the Show

1929
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1h 22min

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Raymond Hackett and Bessie Love in The Girl in the Show (1929)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA struggling Tom show, just scraping by, runs into trouble with a Child Welfare League.A struggling Tom show, just scraping by, runs into trouble with a Child Welfare League.A struggling Tom show, just scraping by, runs into trouble with a Child Welfare League.

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Anecdotes
Traveling troupes of actors toured the country in various versions of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" called "Tom Shows." They basically cut the plot to a few key scenes and featured the main characters like Uncle Tom, Simon Legree, Topsy, and Little Eva.

Gaffes
The Great Dane keeps being called a blood hound.

Citations
Hattie Hartley: Will you get off the stage? Don't you see we're ringin' up.
Mal Thorne: Gee, Hat, you look swell!
Hattie Hartley: Not now, Mal! This is a death scene, not a love scene.

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It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
Written by Wendell Hall
Performed by Nanci Price (as Oriole Hartley)

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3/10

Some films age well...this one certainly doesn't!

This is an early talking picture from MGM and, interestingly, most of the actors had very short careers in talkies...and in seeing the picture I can understand why! Too many of the actors simply suck...no other way to say it!

Hattie (Bessie Love) is a member of a low-budget traveling acting troop that specialize in doing a god-awful rendition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (complete with white actors in black-face). Not surprisingly, they are living hand to mouth and are always on the verge of folding. So, when Mr. Wompler offers to marry Hattie, she jumps at the opportunity...but, oddly, starts to regret it.

The girl who played Oriole (Nanci Price) is simply terrible...overacting, annoying and so bad I wanted to see a piano fall out of the sky on her! Love, who was pretty good in films like "Broadway Melody" is not very good here...and the rest of the actors are only fair at best. The bottom line is that this picture ages poorly...and it's mostly due to the acting which was far from subtle. Hard to watch today.