Even comic routines from Buster Keaton and Laurel & Hardy fail to expel the monotony of this all-star early-talkie revue movie from MGM. It's notable for a couple of things though: Cliff Edwards performs Singin' in the Rain (without splashing through puddles or jumping onto lamp-posts) and John Gilbert unveils his voice to the movie-going world in a comic skit on the Romeo & Juliet balcony scene. His voice was fine - but the film is something of an ordeal.
Review of The Hollywood Revue of 1929
