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Show Folks

1928-10-20 · 70 min · ★ 7.0

Romance · Comedy · Drama · Music

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.

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Directors
Paul L. Stein
Production companies
Pathé Exchange
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Eddie QuillanEddie QuillanEddie Kehoe
Lina BasquetteLina BasquetteRita Carey
Carole LombardCarole LombardCleo (as Carol Lombard)
Robert ArmstrongRobert ArmstrongOwens - Promoter
Crauford KentCrauford KentMcNary the Vaudeville Producer
Bessie BarriscaleBessie BarriscaleKitty Mayo
Richard TuckerRichard TuckerVaudeville Performer
Maurice BlackMaurice BlackVaudeville Performer
Joan BennettJoan BennettNight Club Patron (uncredited)

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