The Big Little Person

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The Big Little Person
The Big Little Person 1919 newspaperadvert.jpg
Newspaper advertisement.
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Written by Bess Meredyth
Based onThe Big Little Person
by Rebecca Lane Hooper Eastman
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Starring Mae Murray
M. Rodolpho De Valentina
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • May 1919 (1919-05)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent film
English intertitles

The Big Little Person was a 1919 American silent romantic drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Based on the novel of the same name by Rebecca Lane Hooper Eastman, the film was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starred his then-wife and muse Mae Murray. Rudolph Valentino, who was credited as M. Rodolpho De Valentina, had a supporting role. [1] The film is now considered lost. [2]

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References

  1. Ankerich, Michael G. (2012). Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips. University Press of Kentucky. p. 327. ISBN   978-0-813-14038-4.
  2. The Big Little Person at silentera.com