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    So Big is a 1924 American silent film based on Edna Ferber's 1924 novel of the same name which won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1925. It was produced...
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    So Big is a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber. The book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarlberg in the Dutch community of South Holland, Illinois,...
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  • So Big may refer to: So Big (novel), a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber So Big (1924 film), a 1924 film adaptation directed by Charles Brabin So Big...
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  • based on the 1924 novel by Edna Ferber. It was the third adaptation of the book, following a 1924 silent film with Colleen Moore and So Big! with Barbara...
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    powerful Texas ranching family challenged by changing times and the coming of big oil. A major subplot concerns the racism of many Anglo-European Americans...
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    writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930;...
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  • Alexander and Robert Lord is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, by Edna Ferber. So Big was the second full-scale screen adaptation...
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    is trampled to death, and Dixie beats Yancey to the land that he wanted, so he asks Jesse to stay to help him run the paper. In the new town of Osage...
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  • audition, learns from the nightclub manager that Ravenal deserted her, and quits so that he will have no choice but to hire Magnolia. Cap'n Andy attends her opening...
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  • with the silent Our Mrs. McChesney, based on a play Ferber had written. So Big was released as a film the same year it was published as a novel, and adaptations...
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    musical, and two full adaptations of the musical in 1936 and 1951. In August 1924, Edna Ferber watched as the opening performance of her play Minick (co-written...
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  • and the characters' names were almost completely changed for the movie, so much so in fact that Kaufman joked the film should be called "Screen Door". Terry...
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    Wolf The Red Lily (1924) as Bo-Bo Dynamite Smith (1924) as 'Slugger' Rourke Madonna of the Streets (1924) as Bill Smythe So Big (1924) as Klaus Poole Let...
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    Taylor Racing for Life (1924) as Jimmy Danton Roaring Rails (1924) as Little Bill So Big (1924) as Dirk DeJong (child) Women and Gold (1925) as Dan Barclay...
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    The 1924 United States presidential election was the 35th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1924. In a three-way contest...
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    York (1922) The Broadway Peacock (1922) Six Days (1923) Driven (1923) So Big (1924) Stella Maris (1925) Ben-Hur (1925, uncredited) Mismates (1926) Twinkletoes...
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  • ascent from night-court reporter at a small-town newspaper to the author of So Big is set against the rising tensions in Europe and upsurging antisemitism...
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    Flowing Gold (1924) The Place Beyond the Winds (1916) - Anton Farwell Triumph (1917) - Man at Theatre (uncredited) After the War (1918) So Big (1924) - Simeon...
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    Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer. Her 1956 hit single "Candy" received...
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  • published in 1922. It was adapted into Minick, a Broadway play staged in 1924, as well as the 1925 silent film Welcome Home, the 1932 film The Expert,...
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  • by Fred Niblo Jr., Lee Katz and Lawrence Kimble. It was adapted from the 1924 play, Minick, written by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. The film stars...
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  • by Archie Mayo and starring Chic Sale and Dickie Moore. It is based on a 1924 Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman play, Minick, which is based on the short...
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    People (1924) The Breathless Moment (1924) Borrowed Husbands (1924) Code of the Wilderness (1924) Captain Blood (1924) as Mary Traill So Big (1924) as Julie...
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    The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate...
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    Pagan Passions (1924) A Son of the Sahara (1924) Behold This Woman (1924) The Red Lily (1924) Secrets of the Night (1924) So Big (1924) As Man Desires...
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    Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1924 Broadway play Minick by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. As described in...
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    Danger Smiles (1922) The Day of Faith (1923) So Big (1924) Stolen Secrets (1924) Daughters of Today (1924) The Enchanted Hill (1925) The Blue Streak (1926)...
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    1924 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in August 1924: A larger, more...
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    The 1924 World Series was the championship series of the 1924 Major League Baseball season. A best-of-seven playoff, the series was played between the...
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    The history of the Big Bang theory began with the Big Bang's development from observations and theoretical considerations. Much of the theoretical work...
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