So Big (1924 film)

So Big is a 1924 American silent drama film based on Edna Ferber's novel of the same name. It was produced by independent producer Earl Hudson the film and distributed through Associated First National. Unseen for decades, it is considered to be a lost film. Only a trailer survives at the Library of Congress.[1][2][3]

So Big
Film poster
Directed byCharles Brabin
Produced byEarl Hudson
Written byAdelaide Heilbron (scenario)
Earl Hudson (adaptation)
Based onSo Big
by Edna Ferber
StarringColleen Moore
CinematographyTed D. McCord
Edited byArthur Tavares
Marion Fairfax (edit. director)
Distributed byAssociated First National
Release date
December 28, 1924 (USA)
Running time
9 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cast

Reception

Colleen Moore's role in So Big quite different from her usual jazz baby/flapper parts. Because Moore's part in the film was so different from the roles she had become known for following Flaming Youth, there was an outcry against her. Forgotten was that, before her success in Flaming Youth, the vast majority of her roles had been dramatic in character, a few even tragic. She had not only played mothers, but mothers who had lost children (Broken Chains) and mothers who died (Dinty). Still, her performance generally was well received. The film, however, was not as big a success as her previous few comedies, and so Sally was lined up to follow So Big. Moore wrote in Silent Star that upon meeting Edna Ferber some years after the film, the author gave her approval of Moore's performance.

See also

References
  1. Progressive Silent Film List: So Big at silentera.com
  2. So Big; allmovie.com
  3. So Big at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)..Retrieved July 21, 2018
  4. The Shadow Stage (review), Photoplay (March 1925), p. 45
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