On with the Show!

On with the Show!
theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Crosland
Larry Ceballos
(ensemble dir.)
Written byRobert Lord
(scenario & dialogue)
Based onShoestring
by Humphrey Pearson
StarringJoe E. Brown
Betty Compson
Arthur Lake
Ethel Waters
Louise Fazenda
CinematographyTony Gaudio (Technicolor)
Edited byWilliam Holmes
Music byHarry Akst
Color processTwo-strip Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • May 28, 1929 (1929-05-28)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$493,000
Box office$2,415,000 (worldwide rentals)

On with the Show! is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical film produced by Warner Bros. Filmed in two-color Technicolor, the film became the first all-talking, all-color feature-length film, and the second color film released by Warner Bros.; the first was the partly color musical The Desert Song (1929). On January 1, 2025, the film's copyright expired, resulting in the film entering the public domain.