The Show-Off (1926 film)
The Show-Off | |
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Directed by | Malcolm St. Clair |
Written by | George Kelly (play) Pierre Collings (scenario) |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky William LeBaron |
Starring | Ford Sterling Lois Wilson Louise Brooks |
Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
Edited by | Ralph Block |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | August 16, 1926 |
Running time | 7 reels (82 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film (English intertitles) |
The Show-Off is a 1926 American silent film comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, based on the play of the same name by George Kelly. Directed by Mal St. Clair, the film stars Ford Sterling, Lois Wilson and Louise Brooks.
It's one of two films that co-starred popular Broadway actor Gregory Kelly (first husband of Ruth Gordon) who died shortly after The Show-Off wrapped production. The film was produced in Philadelphia and New York City thus becoming a sort of time capsule record of buildings long gone and neighborhoods changed.
Cast[]
- Ford Sterling as Aubrey Piper
- Lois Wilson as Amy Fisher Piper
- Louise Brooks as Clara, Joe's Girl
- Gregory Kelly as Joe Fisher
- Claire McDowell as Mom Fisher
- Charles Goodrich as Pop Fisher
- Joseph W. Smiley as Railroad Executive
Preservation status[]
Preserved at the Library of Congress, the film can be found in near mint condition on a Library of Congress related DVD.
Remakes[]
The film has been remade a number of times:
- with Hal Skelly and Doris Hill as Men Are Like That (1930).
- as The Show-Off (1934) with Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans, and Lois Wilson in a different role.
- as The Show-Off (1946) with Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell.[1][2]
- On February 2, 1955, a 60-minute version of the play aired on the CBS Television series The Best of Broadway.
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Categories:
- 1926 films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Malcolm St. Clair
- Famous Players-Lasky films
- American comedy films
- 1926 comedy films
- American films based on plays
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs