Hold Everything (1930 film)

Hold Everything is a 1930 American PreCode film. It was the first musical comedy film to be released that was photographed entirely in early twocolor Technicolor. It was adapted from the DeSylvaBrownHenderson Broadway musical of the same name that had served as a vehicle for Bert Lahr and starred Winnie Lightner and Joe E. Brown as the comedy duo. The romantic subplot was played by Georges Carpentier and Sally ONeil. Only three songs from the stage show remained Youre the Cream in My Coffee, To Know You Is To Love You, and Dont Hold Everything. New songs were written for the film by Al Dubin and Joe Burke, including one that became a hit in 1930 When The Little Red Roses Get The Blues For You. The songs in the film were played by Abe Lyman and his orchestra.

In 1930, this was the first film shown at the newly opened Warner Bros. Hollywood Theatre, a luxurious New York City movie palace specifically designed to showcase its thenrevolutionary Vitaphone sound films. The theatre later became a legitimate Broadway venue, the Mark Hellinger Theatre, and is now the home of the Times Square Church.While the soundtrack to the film, recorded on Vitaphone disks, still survives, all film elements have been lost. ........

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