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The Show-Off: Directed by Harry Beaumont. With Red Skelton, Marilyn Maxwell, Marjorie Main, Virginia O'Brien. Lowly clerk Aubrey Piper has a fondness for exaggerating about himself to impress people.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Harry Beaumont
- 1946-12
The Show-Off is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont based on the play of the same name by George Kelly. It stars Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell. It was previously filmed in 1926 as The Show-Off starring Ford Sterling, Lois Wilson and Louise Brooks and in 1934 as The Show-Off with Spencer Tracy and Madge Evans. Lois Wilson ...
The Show-Off is a 1924 stage play by George Kelly about a working-class North Philadelphian family's reluctance to accept their daughter's suitor Aubrey Piper, an overly confident Socialist buffoon. The play has been revived five times on Broadway and adapted for film four times; it is Kelly's most frequently produced play.
Aubrey Piper (Red Skelton) is a big-talking blowhard with huge ambitions and very little smarts. After lying and bragging about his past, he's eventually able to convince the gorgeous Amy Fisher ...
- Comedy
- Harry Beaumont
- Dennis Schwartz
- Red Skelton
Robert H. Planck Cinematography. David Snell Music. Critics reviews. Lowly clerk Aubrey Piper has a fondness for exaggerating about himself to impress people. His fantastic tales of visiting China and working as a manager at his place of employment charm his blind date, quiet and lovely Amy Fisher.
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4 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Skelton, The Show-Off. artzau 3 August 2001. Skelton recreates the role of J. Aubrey Piper from the Broadway production of George Kelly's play by the same name.
