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The Great Gabbo

The story of a ventriloquist who can only express himself through his dummy.

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  • "Great Gabbo (Enhanced) 1929"

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  • "The story of a ventriloquist who can only express himself through his dummy."@en
  • "A film about Gabbo, a ventriloquist and a supreme egotist, Mary, his assistant, and Little Otto, Gabbo's dummy. Gabbo constantly finds fault with Mary's efforts to please and insists upon his own greatness. One day he forces Mary to leave, and he is certain that Mary will come back. After he increases his fame, he realizes he loves Mary. But it is too late, Mary has remarried."
  • "A ventriloquist, losing his mind, begins to share his personality with his dummy."
  • "For the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he starts relying more and more on Otto, he starts going mad."
  • "Ask Dad: The simple story of a father, his son, and his secretary, all of whom work together in an office."
  • "Hi diddle diddle: A sailor gets married but when his con-artist father shows up for the wedding it turns the couple's honeymoon plans into screwball comedy."@en
  • "Road show: An elusive, rich bachelor wiggles off the hook on his wedding day for the umpteenth time by begging insanity, but his strong-willed bride calls his bluff and has him committed to the loony bin. He manages to escape with another inmate and joins a traveling carnival, only to fall in love with the leggy owner and gets involved in one slapstick mishap after another."@en
  • "A temperamental ventriloquist is tortured by the conflicting nature of his personality, which eventually drives him insane."@en
  • "The dancing pirate: Musical about a timid dancing master mistaken for a pirate in early 19th-century Boston. One of the first live-action color films made."@en
  • "One of Hollywood's earliest -- and most peculiar -- musicals, The Great Gabbo stars von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue (Betty Compson), against a backdrop of singularly strange numbers (including "Icky" and the spider-and-fly-themed "Caught in a Web"). Director James Cruze (The Covered Wagon) allowed von Stroheim to endow the character with his signature flourishes, resulting in a wicked cocktail of garish stage shows and Austro-Hungarian villainy that is a diabolical delight."@en
  • "The rise and fall of an egocentric ventriloquist who fires his assistant but later falls in love with her. When he discovers that she has secretly married, he goes completely insane and destroys his career."@en
  • "Gabbo, a ventriloquist and a supreme egotist, Mary, his assistant, and Little Otto, Gabbo's dummy. Gabbo constantly finds fault with Mary's efforts to please and insists upon his own greatness. One day he forces Mary to leave, and he is certain that Mary will come back. After he increases his fame, he realizes he loves Mary. But it is too late, Mary has remarried."
  • "Gabbo, a ventriloquist and a supreme egotist, Mary, his assistant, and Little Otto, Gabbo's dummy. Gabbo constantly finds fault with Mary's efforts to please and insists upon his own greatness. One day he forces Mary to leave, and he is certain that Mary will come back. After he increases his fame, he realizes he loves Mary. But it is too late, Mary has remarried."@en
  • "Finding his voice: Animated figure Talkie gets a visit from his friend Mutie in search for a job. Talkie takes him to the Western Electric sound lab, where a technician explains the process of putting sound on film and reproducing it in the theatre."
  • "The Great Gabbo: A temperamental ventriloquist who can only express himself through his dummy. He becomes tortured by the conflicting nature of his personality, which eventually drives him insane."@en
  • "An arrogant ventriloquist drives away the assistant who loves him as he only communicates through his dummy, Otto, whom he believes to be alive."
  • "A temperamental ventriloquist who can only express himself through his dummy. He becomes tortured by the conflicting nature of his personality, which eventually drives him insane."@en
  • ""For ventriloquist Gabbo, nothing is as great as him-self and dummy, Otto. Gabbo berates those around him, including his assistant Mary. When Mary leaves, Gabbo realizes how much he needs her. However, Gabbo is quickly falling into madness and is using Otto as his only communication with the world."--[Cover]"
  • "A film about Gabbo, a ventriloquist and supreme egotist, Mary, his assistant, and Little Otto, Gabbo's dummy. Gabbo constantly finds fault with Mary's efforts to please and insists upon his own greatness. One day he forces Mary to leave, and he is certain that Mary will come back. After he increases his fame, he realizes he loves Mary. But it is too late, Mary has remarried."
  • "A film about Gabbo, a ventriloquist and supreme egotist, Mary, his assistant, and Little Otto, Gabbo's dummy. Gabbo constantly finds fault with Mary's efforts to please and insists upon his own greatness. One day he forces Mary to leave, and he is certain that Mary will come back. After he increases his fame, he realizes he loves Mary. But it is too late, Mary has remarried."@en
  • "Tells the story of Gabbo, a ventriloquist and a supreme egotist, Mary, his assistant, and Little Otto, Gabbo's dummy. Gabbo drives Mary away and then realizes too late how much he loves her."
  • "For ventriloquist Gabbo, nothing is as great as him-self and dummy, Otto. Gabbo berates those around him, including his assistant Mary. When Mary leaves, Gabbo realizes how much he needs her. However, Gabbo is quickly falling into madness and is using Otto as his only communication with the world."@en
  • "The story of Gabbo, a ventriloquist and a supreme egotist, Mary, his assistant, and Little Otto, Gabbo's dummy. Gabbo drives away Mary, then realizes too late how much he loves her."
  • "Story of Gabbo, a ventriloquist and a supreme egotist, Mary, his assistant, and Little Otto, Gabbo's dummy. Gabbo constantly finds fault with Mary's efforts to please and insists upon his own greatness. One day he forces Mary to leave, and he is certain that Mary will come back. After he increases his fame, he realizes he loves Mary. But it is too late, Mary has remarried."

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  • "Comedy films"@en
  • "Short films"
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "Romance"
  • "Drama"
  • "Musical films"
  • "Musical films"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Musical"
  • "Downloadable video collection"@en
  • "Animated films"

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  • "The great gabbo"
  • "The Great Gabbo"
  • "The Great Gabbo"@en
  • "The great Gabbo"

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