The Great Gabbo (1929)
This is a bitter disappointment. Director James Cruze tried to cross a fine Ben Hecht story of an insanely egotistical vaudeville ventriloquist with one of these Hollywood musical revues, and both suffer. Only a fine performance by the bullet-headed Eric von Stroheim and a good one by Betty Compson save the pieces. Cruze seems to have lost his sense of humor, and the lighting and scenario are terrible.
Photoplay December 1929
Vintage magazines
Photoplay , December 1929
Photoplay , December 1929
Photoplay , February 1930
Visages et contes du cinéma 24 1938
Visages et contes du cinéma 24 1938
Books with substantial mentioning of The Great Gabbo
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Edwin M. Bradley The first Hollywood musicals, A critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932 Jefferson, N.C., 1996 pp. 60-62 
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Jerry Vermilye The Films of the Twenties Secaucus, NJ, 1985 |
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