The Little Giant is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Glenn Hunter, Edna Murphy, and David Higgins.[1][2]
| The Little Giant | |
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| Directed by | William Nigh |
| Written by | Walter DeLeon |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Glenn Hunter Edna Murphy David Higgins |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 70 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editAs described in a film magazine review,[3] Elmer Clinton, raised by his Uncle Clem, an old peddler, is made the sales manager of a big washing machine company. He becomes full of an undue sense of his own cleverness, and those around him pander to this self-conceit with flattery. Royce Enfield, the son of the company's owner, plots to ruin him, and all the marketing campaigns are failures. Elmer and his wife Myra do not live within their means and quarrel. Clem sells several washing machines quietly on the side. Elmer discovers that Royce has been double-crossing him and whips him in a fight. Elmer gets rid of the parasitic crowd that had been flattering him, begins marketing and driving up sales based on what Clem had taught him, and is reconciled with his wife.
Cast
edit- Glenn Hunter as Elmer Clinton
- Edna Murphy as Myra Clinton
- David Higgins as Uncle Clem
- James Bradbury Jr. as Brad
- Jean Jarvis as Olga
- Leonard Meeker as Royce Enfield
- Louise Mackintosh as Mrs. Dansey
- Tom McGuire as Mr. Dansey
- Dodson Mitchell as Mr. Enfield
- Peter Raymond as Dr. Porter
References
edit- ^ Munden p. 440
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Little Giant at silentera.com
- ^ Pardy, George T. (January 30, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Little Giant", Motion Picture News, 33 (5), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 597, retrieved February 1, 2023
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
edit- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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