The Show Off

Aug 16, 1926

1h 22m

★ 7.0

Overview

A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to the brink of ruin.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

A Malcolm St. Clair Production

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Cast

Aubrey Piper

Ford Sterling

Amy Fisher Piper

Lois Wilson

Mom Fisher

Claire McDowell

Clara

Louise Brooks

Joe Fisher

Gregory Kelly

Pop Fisher

Charles Goodrich

Joe and Eve are engaged, but Joe cannot help contrasting the drabness of her attire with the dressy clothes of their friends. Eve overhears him talking of this and breaks with him. Then, with the help of her friend, Mazie, she metamorphoses into a ravishing beauty. Joe is remorseful, but the situation is made more complex when he suspects Eve of questionable relations with her boss.

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