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The Girl in the Show
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Girl in the Show
| image = Bessie Love in The Girl in the Show.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Love as Hattie Hartley, in costume as Eva
| director = Edgar Selwyn
| producer =
| screenplay = Edgar Selwyn
Joseph Farnham
| based_on =
| starring = Bessie Love
Raymond Hackett
Edward Nugent
Mary Doran
Jed Prouty
| music =
| cinematography = Arthur Reed
| editing = Harry Reynolds
| studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released =
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'The Girl in the Show' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Edgar Selwyn and written by Edgar Selwyn and Joseph Farnham. The film stars Bessie Love, Raymond Hackett, Edward Nugent, Mary Doran, and Jed Prouty. The film was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
A traveling Tom show is stranded in Kansas when their manager steals what meager funds they have. Hattie Hartley (Bessie Love), who plays Eva in the production, decides to marry the local undertaker, so that he will fund the troupe and pay for her younger sister's schooling. On the day of the wedding, the troupe is booked for a performance at the last minute. Hattie refuses to get married so that she can play the role of Eva, an act which reunites her with her true love, a member of their troupe.
Cast
Reception
The film received negative reviews, with one reviewer claiming that people were yelling at the screen in the theater.
See also
* Racism in early American film
References
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