Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
John Lowell
Bill
Lead
Evangeline Russell
Ruth Gordon
FS
F. Serrano Keating
Norman Brackett
Jane Thomas
Marian Kearney
JM
Joseph Miller
Col Jim Kearney
DD
Dan Dix
Pedro
AL
Alice Lecacheur
Fifi
MB
Madi Blatherwick
Dolly
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Terwilliger's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Big Show is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
