So Big (1924 film)

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

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 prior to 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 was generally well received. The film, however, was not so 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.

So Big

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So Big (1932 film)

So Big! is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck. The screenplay by J. Grubb Alexander and Robert Lord is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title, without the exclamation point, by Edna Ferber.

So Big! was the second full-scale screen adaptation of the Ferber novel. The first was a 1924 silent film of the same name directed by Charles Brabin and starring Colleen Moore. A 1953 remake was directed by Robert Wise and starring Jane Wyman. The story was also made as a short in 1930, with Helen Jerome Eddy.

Plot

Following the death of her mother, Selina Peake (Barbara Stanwyck) and her father (Robert Warwick) move to Chicago, where she enrolls in finishing school. Her father is killed, leaving her penniless, and Selina's friend Julie Hemple (Mae Madison) helps her find a job as a schoolteacher in a small Dutch community. Selina moves in with the Poole family and tutors their son Roelf (George Brent). Selina eventually marries immigrant farmer Pervus De Jong (Earle Foxe) and gives birth to Dirk (Hardie Albright), nicknamed "So Big", who becomes the primary focus of her life. When Pervus dies, Selina struggles to keep the farm afloat so she can afford to finance her son's education, hoping he will become an architect.

So Big (song)

"So Big" is a song performed by British Virgin Islands recording artist Iyaz. It is the third single released from his album titled Replay and follows his singles "Replay" and "Solo", both of which reached the top 3 of the UK Singles Chart. It released as an EP in the U.S. on June 21, 2010 with a single release in the UK on September 10, 2010. "So Big" is written and produced by J. R. Rotem. Claude Kelly is the additional co-writer and also provides vocal production.

Music video

The music video for "So Big" premiered on Iyaz's MySpace page on August 5, 2010 where it has received over 82,000 views. On August 11, 2010 it was added to his official YouTube account where it has currently amassed over 34 million views. The video's girl is actress Francia Raisa.

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