Hit of the Show

{{Infobox film

| name = Hit of the Show

| image = Hit of the Show (1928) - 1.jpg

| caption = Advertisement

| director = Ralph Ince

| producer =

| writer = {{ubl|Enid Hibbard|Edgar Allan Woolf}}

| narrator =

| starring =

| music =

| editing = George M. Arthur

| cinematography = Robert Martin

| studio = Film Booking Offices of America

| distributor = Film Booking Offices of America

| released = {{Film date|1928|07|08}}

| runtime = 72 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Sound (Part-Talkie)
English intertitles

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Hit of the Show is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Joe E. Brown, Gertrude Olmstead and William Bailey.Quinlan, p. 152 In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film system.[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HitOfTheShow1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: Hit of the Show] at silentera.com

Plot

Cast

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Joe E. Brown as Twisty
Gertrude Olmstead as Kathlyn Carson
William Bailey as Tremaine
Gertrude Astor as Trece
Ole M. Ness as Goldstein
Lee Shumway as Greening
William Francis Dugan as Teague
Ione Holmes as Charlotte Van
LeRoy Mason as Woody
Frank Mills as Barnes
Daphne Pollard as The Slavey
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as Carson

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Music

The film featured a theme song entitled “You’re In Love and I’m In Love” which was composed by Walter Donaldson. Also featured on the soundtrack was a song entitled "Waitin' For Katy" which was composed by Gus Khan and Ted Shapiro.

Preservation

A print of Hit of the Show is in the film collection of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée at Fort de Bois-d'Arcy.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.49/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Hit of the Show]