The Great Gabbo poster
Movie

The Great Gabbo

1929·1h 32m·Passed
DramaRomanceMusic
IMDb Rating
★ 6.0/10
1,122 votes

An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.

The Great Gabbo is a 1929 drama romance movie directed by James Cruze, starring Erich von Stroheim, Betty Compson, Donald Douglas. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.0/10 from 1,122 votes and runs 1h 32m.

▶ Trailer👁 Watch➕ Add to Queue⭐ Rate
Actions open in the full BullseyeFlix app and jump to the exact feature.
🎬 Open in BullseyeFlix
Full details · Watch links · Similar movies
Director
James Cruze
Stars
Erich von Stroheim
Betty Compson
Donald Douglas
Marjorie Kane
Details
1929-09-12
92 min
Movie
Passed
★ United States
★ English, German
Keywords
germanmatching outfitsemotional abusefiring someoneshow businessstage musicalunrequited loveventriloquist's dummysong and dance teameavesdroppinginterrupted broadcastfired from a jobtap dancinggrand finaleventriloquist taken over by his dummydresserspider costumeinsanityyodelingrole reversalverbal abusedancervariety the newspaperuntranslated foreign languagelost loveloveheartbreakjealous husbandpublic domain filmlollipoptown carwoman rejects a man's advancesmusical segmentshowbiz dramapsychological horrordance numberknocking on woodeccentricityman wears a capedissociative identity disorderromantic breakupmegalomaniaspider webplaying solitairelove triangleman wears a monoclesuperstitionreprisalanniversaryrolls royce phantomvindicationknickerbockerspublic breakdownconversation while dancingsinger dancerwoman breaks up with manman kisses a woman's handdance sequencetheatre marquee signchorus linefacial scarambitionstage showwomen undressing in publictalking to a dummysplit personalitytop hatchauffeured limousineboyfriend girlfriend relationshipvaudevillerejectionprofound sense of losssinging an original songearly sound filmmusical revuepre code filmconversation with a dollbased on short storyegotistical personwomen's dressing roomstar of the showventriloquistballerinaventriloquisminterruption of concertlonelinessrise and falldressing roomfancy restauranthusband wife relationshipbackstage dramaear to wallthrowing salt over one's shoulderassistantgerman languagesinging duoalter egomarriage proposalcoffeebroadway hit