The Show Off
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Malcolm St. Clair
Ford Sterling
Lois Wilson
Louise Brooks
Gregory Kelly
C. W. Goodrich
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Aubrey Piper, a mere clerk at the offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad, poses as an important executive to his sweetheart, Amy Fisher, by blustering, bullying, and showing off continually. Though all the members of her family are contemptuous of Piper, Amy marries him; 3 months later she is fully aware of his faults. To help his son Joe continue work on his invention (a rust-preventing paint), Pop Fisher gives him the money saved for the mortgage and shortly afterward dies of a stroke. Aubrey wins a Ford in a raffle; and while taking it out for a spin, he knocks down a traffic policeman; Joe is forced to pay his fine with the mortgage money. Realizing the tragedy he has brought upon Amy's family, Aubrey visits the directors of a steel company and by bluffing sells them Joe's invention. The coup creates a furore in the Fisher household, happy at last that the "show off" has redeemed himself.
Director
Malcolm St. Clair
Cast
Ford Sterling
Lois Wilson
Louise Brooks
Gregory Kelly
C. W. Goodrich
Claire Mcdowell
Joseph Smiley
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
Exteriors were photographed on location in Philadelphia. For information on other films based on the George Kelly play, please consult the entry for the 1946 M-G-M production The Show-Off, directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-50).
