The Big Show (1926)
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.
Director: George Terwilliger
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John Lowell as Bill |
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Evangeline Russell as Ruth Gordon |
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F. Serrano Keating as Norman Brackett |
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Jane Thomas as Marian Kearney |
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Joseph Miller as Col Jim Kearney |
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Dan Dix as Pedro |
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Alice Lecacheur as Fifi |
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Madi Blatherwick as Dolly |
| Directing | George Terwilliger | Director |
