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SHOW PEOPLE
♪ Live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner ♪
U.S., 1928
Directed by King Vidor
Starring Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson
Approx. 79 min. 35mm.
Marion Davies’ movie diva Patricia Pepoire, née just plain Peggy Pepper, aided by pal William Haines, sends up real-life rival Gloria Swanson, in Vidor’s hilarious inside-Hollywood comedy, featuring cameos by the greatest movie stars of the ’20s, including a memorable encounter with a clean-shaven Charlie Chaplin.
35mm print courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Reviews
“Light and deft and charming.”
– Pauline Kael
“AN ESSENTIAL FILM. A delightfully meta behind-the-silver-screen romp… Marion Davies was a brilliant comic talent.”
– Matthew Thrift, BFI