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Show People

A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.

Director

King Vidor

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

$1,100,000

Production

Cosmopolitan Productions,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

1 win

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Peggy Pepper

Billy Boone

Colonel Pepper

Andre Telfair

Casting Director

Comedy Director

Dramatic Director

The Maid

Producer

Renée Adorée

George K. Arthur

George K. Arthur

Gordon Avil

Roxalanne de Lavedan in 'Bardelys the Magnificent'

Eleanor Boardman

Guest

Symona Boniface

Charles Chaplin

Charles Chaplin

Lew Cody

Director's Assistant

Harry Crocker

Karl Dane

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Undetermined Bit Role

John Gilbert

Elinor Glyn

Robert Golden

Robert A. Golden

Studio Gateman

William S. Hart

William S. Hart

Leatrice Joyce

Rod La Rocque

Comedy Player at Farewell Banquet

Lillian Lawrence

Robert Z. Leonard

Robert Z. Leonard

Director

Child in Casting Office

Annabelle Magnus

Mae Murray

Fat Kid at Movie Preview

Louella Parsons

Louella Parsons

Comic Chef

Aileen Pringle

Heavyset Man in Casting Agency

Dorothy Sebastian

Dorothy Sebastian

Portrait Photographer

Extra at Movie Preview

C. Aubrey Smith

Norma Talmage

Estelle Taylor

Comedy Player at Farewell Banquet

King Vidor

Messenger Boy

Claire Windsor

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Billy Boone Comedy Director Peggy Pepper King Vidor Colonel Pepper Charles Chaplin

To hopeful hundreds there is a golden spot
on the map called... HOLLYWOOD - Show People

To hopeful hundreds there is a golden spot on the map called...

Colonel Pepper had motored all the way from - Show People

Colonel Pepper had motored all the way from

I like this place, Peggy... if it ain't Georgia - Show People

I like this place, Peggy... if it ain't Georgia

I want to introduce my daughter,
Miss Peggy Pepper - Show People

I want to introduce my daughter, Miss Peggy Pepper

The idea is, can you act? - Show People

The idea is, can you act?

She will now present the various moods.
The first will be meditation - Show People

She will now present the various moods. The first will be me...

Anger - Show People

Joy - Show People

There is many a slip between the casting
office card and a menu card... - Show People

There is many a slip between the casting office card and a m...

I'm Colonel Pepper of Georgia, Miss
At first I thought you were Gloria Swanson - Show People

I'm Colonel Pepper of Georgia, Miss At first I thought ...

You big beezark! I gotta notion to
knock yer block off! - Show People

You big beezark! I gotta notion to knock yer block off!

Billy Boone... a custard pie artist from
the slapstick "lots" - Show People

Billy Boone... a custard pie artist from the slapstick "...

Father, who is this coarse person? - Show People

Father, who is this coarse person?

One has to come to Hollywood to
meet such common people - Show People

One has to come to Hollywood to meet such common people

Aw, boloney... and you're slicing it too thick! - Show People

Aw, boloney... and you're slicing it too thick!

Say, are you punks trying to
crash into the movies? - Show People

Say, are you punks trying to crash into the movies?

My acting is the talk of Savannah - Show People

My acting is the talk of Savannah

Crashing the movies is no cinch...
but I think I can help you - Show People

Crashing the movies is no cinch... but I think I can help yo...

Where's the dame you were going to bring out - Show People

Where's the dame you were going to bring out

The comet studio, where serious
comedians went through - Show People

The comet studio, where serious comedians went through

Where's the dame you were going to
bring out? - Show People

Where's the dame you were going to bring out?

Gee, Dad... won't they be thrilled back home - Show People

Gee, Dad... won't they be thrilled back home

Stage 4, Lot 5... turn to your right as you
enter the left wing and keep going - Show People

Stage 4, Lot 5... turn to your right as you enter the left w...

You're not painting a bungalow - Show People

You're not painting a bungalow

If you don't say yes I'll kill myself - Show People

If you don't say yes I'll kill myself

That's darn good hokum - Show People

That's darn good hokum

Can she act? - Show People

You have reduced me to beggary,
kidnapped my husband, and murdered - Show People

You have reduced me to beggary, kidnapped my husband, and mu...

Is that all I do - Show People

Is that all I do

I shall always give my public the best
that's in me - Show People

I shall always give my public the best that's in me

Remember, the one law of pictures is,
don't anticipate! - Show People

Remember, the one law of pictures is, don't anticipate!

Is that all I do? - Show People

Is that all I do?

I didn't think they made 'em that green! - Show People

I didn't think they made 'em that green!

I came here to do drama - Show People

I came here to do drama

Baby, you did that like a real trouper - Show People

Baby, you did that like a real trouper

I came here to do drama. Why didn't
you tell me it was this? - Show People

I came here to do drama. Why didn't you tell me it was ...

Come on, Baby... you're gone this far...
it'll be easy from now on - Show People

Come on, Baby... you're gone this far... it'll be ...

She did that so nifty we'll take it again...
in a close up - Show People

She did that so nifty we'll take it again... in a close...

What's the matter Baby Don't you know you're a wow - Show People

What's the matter Baby Don't you know you're...

Success in this game means work.
show 'em that you've got the stuff - Show People

Success in this game means work. show 'em that you'...

Just think of that first big thrill you'll get
When you see yourself in a theatre - Show People

Just think of that first big thrill you'll get When you...

I've backed you to win, Baby...
show 'em I'm right - Show People

I've backed you to win, Baby... show 'em I'm ...

You're great on water stuff...
I'm gonna get you in a lot of it - Show People

You're great on water stuff... I'm gonna get you i...

Go ahead. I'll take it on the chin - Show People

Go ahead. I'll take it on the chin

The preview... that trying ordeal when a new
picture is tried out before Mr. and Mrs. Audience - Show People

The preview... that trying ordeal when a new picture is trie...

What do you want to see a punk drama for - Show People

What do you want to see a punk drama for

That girl's got real personability. I'll have
Billy Boone bring her over tomorrow - Show People

That girl's got real personability. I'll have Bill...

Will you please sign my album - Show People

Will you please sign my album

I can't keep it from you any longer...
I'm the director - Show People

I can't keep it from you any longer... I'm the dir...

Come on. Let's get out front and hear
what they have to say - Show People

Come on. Let's get out front and hear what they have to...

John Gilbert in King Vidor's Production
Bardelys the Magnificent - Show People

John Gilbert in King Vidor's Production Bardelys the Ma...

That's the kind of acting I'm gonna do
some day. That's real art! - Show People

That's the kind of acting I'm gonna do some day. T...

Don't be sil. Make 'em laugh and
you make 'em happy - Show People

Don't be sil. Make 'em laugh and you make 'em...

I tell you, Mr. Chaplin... that girl is a find - Show People

I tell you, Mr. Chaplin... that girl is a find

I'm crazy about signatures - Show People

I'm crazy about signatures

Who is that little guy? - Show People

Who is that little guy?

That guy is casting director for
High Arts Studio - Show People

That guy is casting director for High Arts Studio

Bring me a nice big piece of custard pie - Show People

Bring me a nice big piece of custard pie

Why, I'd be afraid I'd throw it at someone - Show People

Why, I'd be afraid I'd throw it at someone

She writes a lot of those IT stories - Show People

She writes a lot of those IT stories

Maybe Mr. Morton will only see you...
and not me - Show People

Maybe Mr. Morton will only see you... and not me

I won't sign up unless he takes you, too - Show People

I won't sign up unless he takes you, too

You want Miss Pepper also, don't you? - Show People

You want Miss Pepper also, don't you?

I won't sign up unless he takes you, too, Billy - Show People

I won't sign up unless he takes you, too, Billy

It's all in the game - Show People

It's all in the game

Nothing for you now, Billy. Maybe next year - Show People

Nothing for you now, Billy. Maybe next year

A contract from the "big studio" and
the thought of leaving her old friends - Show People

A contract from the "big studio" and the thought o...

Goodbye, Jim... - Show People

Goodbye, Jim...

I'm all through, Billy - Show People

I'm all through, Billy

It's going to be hard...
working without you, Billy - Show People

It's going to be hard... working without you, Billy

But we'll see a lot of each other, won't we? - Show People

But we'll see a lot of each other, won't we?

Then I won't go! - Show People

Then I won't go!

That's Marion Davies - Show People

That's Marion Davies

At the High Arts Studio preliminary tests - Show People

At the High Arts Studio preliminary tests

Mr. Telfair, I want you to meet Miss Pepper,
your new leading lady - Show People

Mr. Telfair, I want you to meet Miss Pepper, your new leadin...

Give me tears - Show People

I understand you're quite popular also - Show People

I understand you're quite popular also

You're at the Countess DeFray's reception - Show People

You're at the Countess DeFray's reception

It is six months later you have just
received a letter that your lover is dying - Show People

It is six months later you have just received a letter that ...

I know there's nothing written on it,
but read it anyway - Show People

I know there's nothing written on it, but read it anywa...

Tears... please! - Show People

Tears... please!

Tears... tears... please, Miss Pepper, If you
have any respect for me, give me tears! - Show People

Tears... tears... please, Miss Pepper, If you have any respe...

That's no way to let a lover die! - Show People

That's no way to let a lover die!

Imagine your poor old father
starving to death - Show People

Imagine your poor old father starving to death

Can't you do something to bring tears? - Show People

Can't you do something to bring tears?

Now that we've got her going...
no film in the camera - Show People

Now that we've got her going... no film in the camera

Imagine you're very much in love
with someone... - Show People

Imagine you're very much in love with someone...

She has the temperament of Nazimova - Show People

She has the temperament of Nazimova

That's what I call good commercial crying - Show People

That's what I call good commercial crying

Stop it, I say...
we've got a big laughing scene to do! - Show People

Stop it, I say... we've got a big laughing scene to do!

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A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.

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Director: King Vidor

Writer: Agnes Christine Johnston, Laurence Stallings, Ralph Spence

Production: Cosmopolitan Productions,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 1928

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: $1,100,000

Released: 20 Oct 1928

Awards: 1 win

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