 "The Show of Shows" featured most of the contemporary Warner Bros. film stars, including John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Noah Beery Sr., Loretta Young, Dolores Costello, Bull Montana, Myrna Loy, Chester Conklin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tully Marshall, Nick Lucas, and Betty Compson.The film was styled in the same format as the earlier Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film "The Hollywood Revue of 1929".The high budget of the film meant that although it performed well at the box office, it did not return as much profit as "The Hollywood Revue of 1929".