The Big Show 1926
The Big Show
The Big Show, the only feature-length motion picture produced by the Miller Brothers, is a behind-the-scenes melodrama set within their show. The story: Bill, a war veteran who has been defrauded by his brother, rescues Ruth, the elephant girl, and joins the company. Secretly engaged to Bill’s “bad brother” Norman—allegedly an oil millionaire—Ruth rebuffs her rescuer’s affection. Her elephant, however, knows a villain when he smells one and eventually gives Norman his just deserts. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Film Preservation Foundation New Zealand Project in 2012.
The Big Show, the only feature-length motion picture produced by the Miller Brothers, is a behind-the-scenes melodrama set within their show. The story: Bill, a war veteran who has been defrauded by his brother, rescues Ruth, the elephant girl, and joins the company. Secretly engaged to Bill’s “bad brother” Norman—allegedly an oil millionaire—Ruth rebuffs her rescuer’s affection. Her elephant, however, knows a villain when he smells one and eventually gives Norman his just deserts. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Film Preservation Foundation New Zealand Project in 2012.
Videos & Photos
All 0 Videos & 2 Photoscast
Full Cast & CrewJL
John Lowell... Bill
... Ruth Gordon
... Norman Brackett
JT
Jane Thomas... Marian Kearney
... Col Jim Kearney
DD
Dan Dix... Pedro
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Release Date:
Oct 15, 1926
Run Time:
1hr 16`
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Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
The Big Show
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
JL
John Lowell... Bill
... Ruth Gordon
... Norman Brackett
JT
Jane Thomas... Marian Kearney
... Col Jim Kearney
DD
Dan Dix... Pedro
... Fifi
... Dolly