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.
Directed by George Terwilliger
Cast
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John Lowell Bill -
Evangeline Russell Ruth Gordon - F. Serrano Keating Norman Brackett
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Jane Thomas Marian Kearney - Joseph Miller Col Jim Kearney
- Dan Dix Pedro
- Alice Lecacheur Fifi
- Madi Blatherwick Dolly
Make it a double feature
2h 11m together
The Big Show
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