On with the Show 1929 was the first All-Talking musical comedy that was photographed entirely in Technicolor or as the Warner Brothers called it: "Natural Color." Ironically, until recently this film survived only in black and white. Recently a few minutes of the original Technicolor footage was discovered. This was the film that introduced the song "Am I Blue" sung by a very young Ethel Waters, and followed by the even better "Birmingham Bertha" with black dancer John Bubbles. The cast includes William Bakewell as the head usher eager to get his sweetheart, box-office girl Sally O'Neill, her chance at the Great White Way. Betty Compson plays the temperamental star and Arthur Lake the whiny young male lead. Louise Fazenda is the company's eccentric comedienne, who is given little to do but laugh at inappropriate moments. Joe E. Brown plays the part of a mean comedian who constantly argues with Arthur Lake.

1929 films | Pre-Code