Show Business (1944)

After a year's absence, entertainer Eddie Cantor returned to the screen in the self-produced Show Business. The plot is loosely based on Cantor's own rise to fame, from vaudeville to Broadway. Covering the years 1914 to 1929, the film reflects the changing tastes in entertainment, though Cantor (as in real life) steadfastly remains the same. Co-stars George Murphy and Joan Davis likewise borrow from their own showbiz experience in playing their characters, while Constance Moore, who was still in her playpen when Cantor was ... Read More

After a year's absence, entertainer Eddie Cantor returned to the screen in the self-produced Show Business. The plot is loosely based on Cantor's own rise to fame, from vaudeville to Broadway. Covering the years 1914 to 1929, the film reflects the changing tastes in entertainment, though Cantor (as in real life) steadfastly remains the same. Co-stars George Murphy and Joan Davis likewise borrow from their own showbiz experience in playing their characters, while Constance Moore, who was still in her playpen when Cantor was at the height of his Ziegfeld Follies fame, provides the standard love interest. Highlights include such Cantor standards as "Curse of an Aching Heart," "Whoopee," and "Dinah," the latter performed in blackface. The best ensemble number is a devastating satire of Grand Opera, with Joan Davis particularly amusing as a Wagnerian soprano. A few excerpts from Show Business were reused as "flashbacks" in the subsequent Cantor-Davis starrer If You Knew Susie (1948). Hal Erickson, Rovi Read Less

• All from $4.09
• New Movies from $20.53
• Used Movies from $4.09

• All Copies (1)
• DVD (1)
• Choose Release (1)

• Movie Details
• Seller
• Sort Seller Rating Price: Low to High Price: High to Low Release Date Release Date: Rev Sellers Near Me

• DVD, New 2010, RKO Radio Pictures UPC: 883316261255 See Item Details ▾

  newtownvideo HIGH huntingdon valley, PA, USA

  $20.53 Add to Cart Add this copy of Show Business to cart. $20.53, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by RKO.

  	Edition: 2010, RKO Radio Pictures DVD, New Available Copies: 10+	Details: UPC: 883316261255 Format: Full Screen DVD Region: 0 Discs: 1 Studio: RKO Radio Pictures Released: 09/15/2010 Language: English MPAA Rating: NR Alibris ID: 17806497100	Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.99 Trackable Expedited: $9.19 Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
  Seller's Description: Constance Moore, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis, George Murphy, Eddie Cantor. New. 1944 Run time: 92. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Delivery Confirmation included for all orders in the US.
  ► Contact This Seller
  Hide Details ▴

2010, RKO Radio Pictures UPC: 883316261255 DVD See All from $4.09