Movie Description
The Big Little Person
(1919)Overview
After Arathea Manning loses her hearing during an epidemic of scarlet fever among the children she teaches, her fiancé Arthur Endicott, who is involved with another woman, complains of always having to shout to make himself heard. An inventor, Gerald Staples, gives Arathea an auriphone, a device to restore her hearing, but one of her problem pupils, in a fit of rage, breaks it. Gerald asks Arathea, whom he calls "The Big Little Person -- small in size, but big in ideas," to be the secretary of his new company marketing the invention. He falls in love with her and plays the piano for her even though she hears only rumblings.
Featured Crew
- Director : Robert Z. Leonard
- Writer : Hooper Eastman,Bess Meredyth
- Cast : Mae Murray,Clarissa Selwynne,Rudolph Valentino,Allan Sears,Gerard Alexander
Cast
Arathea Manning
Mrs. Manning
Arthur Endicott
Gerald Staples
Marion Beemis
Facts
Original TitleThe Big Little Person
Status Released
Release Information
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1919-05-12
Original Language
Runtime 01h 00m
Production CompaniesUniversal Film Manufacturing Company
Genres
- Drama