The Little Giant (1926 film)

The Little Giant
The Little Giant
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Directed by	William Nigh
Written by	Walter DeLeon
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Glenn Hunter ; Edna Murphy ; David Higgins
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 2, 1926;
Running time	70 min.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Little Giant is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Glenn Hunter, Edna Murphy, and David Higgins.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Elmer Clinton, raised by his Uncle Clem, an old peddler, is made the sales manager of a big washing machine company. He becomes full of an undue sense of his own cleverness, and those around him pander to this self-conceit with flattery. Royce Enfield, the son of the company's owner, plots to ruin him, and all the marketing campaigns are failures. Elmer and his wife Myra do not live within their means and quarrel. Clem sells several washing machines quietly on the side. Elmer discovers that Royce has been double-crossing him and whips him in a fight. Elmer gets rid of the parasitic crowd that had been flattering him, begins marketing and driving up sales based on what Clem had taught him, and is reconciled with his wife.

Cast

Glenn Hunter as Elmer Clinton
Edna Murphy as Myra Clinton
David Higgins as Uncle Clem
James Bradbury Jr. as Brad
Jean Jarvis as Olga
Leonard Meeker as Royce Enfield
Louise Mackintosh as Mrs. Dansey
Tom McGuire as Mr. Dansey
Dodson Mitchell as Mr. Enfield
Peter Raymond as Dr. Porter

References

^ Munden p. 440
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Little Giant at silentera.com
^ Pardy, George T. (January 30, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Little Giant", Motion Picture News, 33 (5), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 597, retrieved February 1, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.