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The Big Show
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The Big Show

1926-10-15 · 76 min · ★ 10.0

Drama

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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Directors
George Terwilliger
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John LowellJohn LowellBill
Evangeline RussellEvangeline RussellRuth Gordon
F. Serrano KeatingNorman Brackett
Jane ThomasJane ThomasMarian Kearney
Joseph MillerCol Jim Kearney
Dan DixPedro
Alice LecacheurFifi
Madi BlatherwickDolly

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