| 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 |
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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.[1]
Are Parents People? marked St. Clair’s initiation into the echelon of top directors at Paramount studios, joining Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch and soon Josef von Sternberg.[2]
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.[3]