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Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of ___MASK30___ entertainment . It was especially popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s . A typical vaudeville performance is made up of a series of separate , unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill . Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians , singers , dancers , comedians , trained animals , magicians , strongmen , female and male impersonators , acrobats , illustrated songs , jugglers , one - act plays or scenes from plays , athletes , lecturing celebrities , minstrels , and movies . A vaudeville performer is often referred to as a " vaudevillian ". Hold Everything is a 1930 American Pre - Code film . It was the first musical comedy film to be released that was photographed entirely in early two - color Technicolor . It was adapted from the DeSylva - Brown - Henderson 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 O ' Neil . Only three songs from the stage show remained : `` You ' re the Cream in My Coffee '' , `` To Know You Is To Love You '' , and `` Do n ' t 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 . " You ' re the Cream in My Coffee " is a popular song . It was published in 1928 . Bert Lahr ( born Irving Lahrheim , August 13 , 1895  December 4 , 1967 ), was an American actor , particularly of stage and film , and comedian . Lahr is principally known for his role as the Cowardly Lion , as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker Zeke , in " The Wizard of Oz " ( 1939 ). He was well known for his explosive humor , but also adapted well to dramatic roles and his work in burlesque , vaudeville , and on Broadway . The Show of Shows is a 1929 American Pre - Code musical revue film directed by John G . Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros . The all talking Vitaphone production cost $ 850 , 000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor . " The Show of Shows " was Warner Bros .' fifth color movie ; the first four were " The Desert Song " ( 1929 ), " On with the Show " ( 1929 ), " Gold Diggers of Broadway " ( 1929 ) and " Paris " ( 1929 ). (" Song of the West " was actually completed by June 1929 but had its release delayed until March 1930 ). " The Show of Shows " featured most of the contemporary Warner Bros . film stars , including John Barrymore , Richard Barthelmess , Noah Beery , Sr ., ___MASK64___ , Dolores Costello , Bull Montana , Myrna Loy , Chester Conklin , Douglas Fairbanks , Jr ., Tully Marshall and Betty Compson Winnie Lightner ( September 17 , 1899  March 5 , 1971 ) was an American stage and motion picture actress . Perhaps best known as the gold - digging Mabel in " Gold Diggers of Broadway " ( 1929 ), Lightner was often typecast as a wise - cracking gold - digger and was known for her talents as a comedian and singer . She is also noted for introducing the song " Singin ' in the Bathtub " in the 1929 motion picture " The Show of Shows ". Harry Warren ( born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna , December 24 , 1893  September 22 , 1981 ) was an American composer and lyricist . Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film . He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing " Lullaby of Broadway ", " You ' ll Never Know " and " On the Atchison , Topeka and the Santa Fe ". He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical , " 42nd Street ", choreographed by ___MASK83___ , with whom he would collaborate on many musical films . Alexander " Al " Dubin ( June 10 , 1891  February 11 , 1945 ) was an American lyricist . He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren . A song , most broadly , is a single ( and often standalone ) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a ___MASK30___ of forms that often include the repetition of sections . Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created , are called lyrics . If a pre - existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song . Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants . Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs . Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs . These songs , which have broad appeal , are often composed by professional songwriters , composers and lyricists . Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert or recital performances . Songs are performed live and recorded on audio or video ( or in some , cases , a song may be performed live and simultaneously recorded ). Songs may also appear in plays , musical theatre , stage shows of any form , and within operas . Gold Diggers of Broadway is a 1929 American Pre - Code musical comedy film directed by ___MASK84___ and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas . Distributed by Warner Bros ., the film is the second two - color Technicolor all - talking feature - length movie ( after " On With the Show ", also released that year by Warner Bros ).