The Show of Shows is a 1929 American pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all-talking Vitaphone production cost almost $800,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor.
theatrical release poster
Dolores Costello was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. She was nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen" by her first husband, the actor John Barrymore. She was the mother of John Drew Barrymore and grandmother of actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore.
Costello, age 20, as a Ziegfeld girl, c. 1923
Costello with husband John Barrymore and their children, John Drew and Dolores, 1934
Theater poster for Tenderloin (1928) starring Dolores Costello