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Show Folks
“Back Stage Life!”
7.0 / 10• 1928• 1h 10m•NR• English
RomanceComedyDramaMusic
Storyline
Eddie Kehoe is a young vaudeville hoofer who thinks his inability to hit the big time is the fault of stage managers, agents, musicians...everybody but himself. Eddie likes to tell others how good he is, but seldom shows them. Kitty Mayo, an old-time burlesque queen, who is with the McNary Vaudeville Company, advises Eddie to get himself a partner, as his solo abilities can only be stretched so far. He decides to follow her advice and, while in a theatrical supply shop, he sees Rita Carey rehearsing her dancing act that includes a trained duck. Eddie tells Rita he is a good friend of McNary's, and, with him as her partner, her future in show business will be secured. She agrees to join him and Eddie promptly names the act "Eddie Kehoe and Partner". Despite his conceit, Rita likes Eddie, as do others in the troupe, including Cleo a little gold-digger.
Cast & Crew
Eddie Quillan
Eddie Kehoe
Lead
Lina Basquette
Rita Carey
Carole Lombard
Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
Robert Armstrong
Owens - Promoter
Crauford Kent
McNary the Vaudeville Producer
Bessie Barriscale
Kitty Mayo
Richard Tucker
Vaudeville Performer
Maurice Black
Vaudeville Performer
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paul L. Stein's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Show Folks is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
