The Show

Overview

A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.

Directed by Larry Semon, Norman Taurog

Top cast

Oliver Hardy

Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)

Larry Semon

The Prop Man / Gentle Onlooker

Frank Alexander

Ballet dancer / Wife of Man with Family

Lucille Carlisle

Leading lady

B

Betty Young

Dancer

Alice Davenport

Audience member

Al Thompson

Man who Smuggles Family In

P

Pete Gordon

His son

Frank J. Coleman

Audience member / Woman with Hat / Cop

J

Jack Miller

Villain

G

Grover Ligon

Bald Policeman

W

William Hauber

Audience member (as Bill Hauber)

Coy Watson Jr.

Ernie Adams

Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Maid (uncredited)

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