The Big Show (1926)
1926 · Silent film · 75 min · dir. George Terwilliger
- Drama
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Director
- George Terwilliger
- Writer
- Lillian Case Russell
- Released
- 1926-10-15
- Running time
- 75 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- silent film
- New Zealand Project
Cast & crew
George Terwilliger Director
John Lowell
Evangeline Russell- F. Serrano Keating
Jane Thomas
Joseph Miller- Dan Dix
- Alice Lecacheur
- Madi Blatherwick
