Hold Everything (film)

Hold Everything
theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Written by	Robert Lord
Based on	play by Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson, and John McGowan
Starring	Winnie Lightner Joe E. Brown
Cinematography	Devereaux Jennings (Technicolor)
Edited by	William Holmes
Music by	Joseph Burke Ray Henderson
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 20, 1930 (1930-03-20)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$491,000[1]
Box office	$1,333,000[1]

Hold Everything is a 1930 American pre-Code film. This musical comedy film was photographed entirely in early two-color Technicolor. The first all Technicolor musical comedy film was "On With the Show" in 1929. "Hold Everything" 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 "Don'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.