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The Show-Off

192682 minUnited States
Comedy

Synopsis

Railway clerk Aubrey Piper pretends to be a powerful executive and marries into a family that soon tires of his boasting. His recklessness puts their savings at risk, leaving the habitual bluffer with a rare chance to make his talk useful.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
81:28
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Malcolm St. Clair · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsMalcolm St. Clair

Inspirations

George Kelly's stage comedy provided the story. Location filming in Philadelphia and New York also gives the screen adaptation a record of streets and buildings beyond its domestic farce.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

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