The Show-Off
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Directed by	Malcolm St. Clair
Written by	George Kelly (play) Pierre Collings (scenario)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky William LeBaron
Starring	Ford Sterling Lois Wilson Louise Brooks
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Edited by	Ralph Block
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 16, 1926
Running time	7 reels (82 minutes)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film (English intertitles)

The Show-Off is a 1926 American silent film comedy produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, based on the play of the same name by George Kelly. Directed by Mal St. Clair, the film stars Ford Sterling, Lois Wilson and Louise Brooks.

It's one of two films that co-starred popular Broadway actor Gregory Kelly (first husband of Ruth Gordon) who died shortly after The Show-Off wrapped production. The film was produced in Philadelphia and New York City thus becoming a sort of time capsule record of buildings long gone and neighborhoods changed.

Cast

• Ford Sterling as Aubrey Piper
• Lois Wilson as Amy Fisher Piper
• Louise Brooks as Clara, Joe's Girl
• Gregory Kelly as Joe Fisher
• Claire McDowell as Mom Fisher
• Charles Goodrich as Pop Fisher
• Joseph W. Smiley as Railroad Executive

Preservation status

Preserved at the Library of Congress, the film can be found in near mint condition on a Library of Congress related DVD.

Remakes

The film has been remade a number of times:

• with Hal Skelly and Doris Hill as Men Are Like That (1930).
• as The Show-Off (1934) with Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans, and Lois Wilson in a different role.
• as The Show-Off (1946) with Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell.^[1][2]
• On February 2, 1955, a 60-minute version of the play aired on the CBS Television series The Best of Broadway.