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The Big Show

The Big Show

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 15, 1926

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Big Show

Director

George Terwilliger

Description

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.