Show Off (1946)
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Previously filmed in 1926 and 1934, George Kelly's venerable stage comedy The Show-Off was dusted off as a Red Skelton vehicle in 1946. Skelton is well cast as Aubrey Piper, an inveterate braggart who sorely annoys the family of his wife Amy (Marilyn Maxwell). All talk but no action, Piper gets… More Previously filmed in 1926 and 1934, George Kelly's venerable stage comedy The Show-Off was dusted off as a Red Skelton vehicle in 1946. Skelton is well cast as Aubrey Piper, an inveterate braggart who sorely annoys the family of his wife Amy (Marilyn Maxwell). All talk but no action, Piper gets Amy's family involved in one foredoomed get-rich-quick scheme after another. Through a fluke, the show-off actually makes good towards the end, but though he realizes that he could never have done so without his wife's help he insists upon blowing his own horn well past the fadeout and "end" credits. Only Skelton's inherent likeability saves Aubrey Piper from being a thoroughly obnoxious blowhard. Featured in the cast of The Show-Off is Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, who is given surprisingly little to do. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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- Comedy
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
There's nothing to show-off about this unfunny obnoxious comedy-romance.
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Cast
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Leon Ames
as Frank Hyland
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Rochester
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George Cleveland
as Pop Fisher
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Lila Leeds
as Flo
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Marjorie Main
as Mrs. Fisher
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Marilyn Maxwell
as Amy
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Virginia O'Brien
as Hortense
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Emory Parnell
as Appleton
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Red Skelton
as Aubrey Piper
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Marshall Thompson
as Joe Fisher
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Jacqueline White
as Clara Hyland
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Wilson Wood
as Horace Adams
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Byron Foulger
as Jenkins
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Jo Gilbert
as Woman
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Russell Hicks
as Thorbison
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Patrick McVey
as Officer
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Ida Moore
as Mrs. Ascot
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Robert E. O'Connor
as Motorman
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Frank Orth
as Kopec
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Francis Pierlot
as Judge Ederman
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Grady Sutton
as Mr. Hotchkiss
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Robert B. Williams
as Officer
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Charles Lane
as Quiz Master
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Tim Hawkins
as Little Boy
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John Tyers
as Producer
