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So Big

So Big

So Big

So Big

1924•1h 30m•

★9.0(1 ratings)

Drama

Overview

After graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina Peake returns to the United States, where her father is accidentally killed after losing his fortune in a gambling den. Selina is reduced to teaching in a high school in the Dutch community at High Prarie near Chicago. She boards in the farmhouse of Klass Poole, a dull-witted market gardener, and finally marries Pervus DeJong, a poor and backward farmer. She shares the drudgery of her husband's futile life and finds happiness only in their small son, Dirk, whom she calls "So-Big."

Director

Writers

Adelaide Heilbron

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Main Cast

Colleen Moore

Colleen Moore

Selina Peake

Joseph De Grasse

Joseph De Grasse

Simeon Peake

John Bowers

John Bowers

Pervus DeJong

Ben Lyon

Ben Lyon

Dirk DeJong

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Klaus Poole

Gladys Brockwell

Gladys Brockwell

Maartje Poole

Jean Hersholt

Jean Hersholt

Aug Hempel

Charlotte Merriam

Charlotte Merriam

Julie Hempel

Dot Farley

Dot Farley

Widow Paarlenburg

Ford Sterling

Ford Sterling

Jacob Hoogenduck

Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro

Dirk DeJong (child)

Henry Hebert

Henry Hebert

William Storm (as Henry Herbert)

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Charles Brabin

Writing

Novel: Edna Ferber
Writer: Adelaide Heilbron
Adaptation: Earl Hudson

Production

Producer: Earl Hudson

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Ted D. McCord

Editing

Editor: Arthur Tavares

Art Direction

Art Direction: Milton Menasco

Keywords

silent filmlost film

Did You Know?

#1

The runtime is 90 minutes (1h 30m).

#2

The film was directed by Charles Brabin.

#3

The screenplay was written by Adelaide Heilbron.

#4

Cinematography was handled by Ted D. McCord.

#5

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0015347.

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Rating

9.0/10

Masterpiece

1 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

So Big

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

NR

Language:

No Language

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Production Companies:

First National Pictures

First National Pictures