Big Sister, The (1916) Caption: "The Big Sister finds a job" Mae Murray, right FAMOUS PLAYERS DANIEL FROHMAN presents MAE MURRAY IN A POWERFUL DRAMA OF THE UNDERWORLD "THE BIG SISTER" By William Hurlbort Directed by John B. O'Brien Produced by the FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM CO. ADOLPH ZUKOR  President PARAMOUNT PICTURES MAE MURRAY inn "THE BIG SISTER" Cast of Characters BETTY MAE MURRAY Jimmy Norton Matty Roubert Rodney Channing Harry C. Browne Mrs. Spaulding Ida Darling "Nifty Mendez" Armand Cortes Joe Kelly Tammany Young Edith Spaulding Florence Flinn Robert Colton Joe Gleason Norton J. Albert Hall REVIEW: THERE is a powerful story in "The Big Sister," starring the gifted stage and screen favorite, Mae Murray, which relates the struggle between two vastly different types of men for the same girl. This girl, Betty Norton, is the daughter of a worthless individual who leaves her penniless and in sole charge of her little brother Jimmy. "Nifty"  Mendez, and underworld power, attepts to get control of the girl through intimidation, and in her flight from this man she meets Rodney Channing, a young millionaire. There are the two men to who this girl appeals — arousing such very different emotions in each. But there is a third man who comes into the story, a crook upon whose better self this girl has a strong influence. The conflict of these various differing elements of society and the tremendous heart appeal which is awakened by the object of their strife as she struggles to protect her little brother from harm, form a gripping Famous Players producction on the Paramount Program. MAE MURRAY in "THE BIG SISTER" A DEEP SLICE INTO THE LIFE OF WEALTH AND POVERTY A Silent Farewell to Happiness Jimmy - and Two Hearts - on the Mend MAE MURRAY in "THE BIG SISTER" A FASCINATING PICTORIAL INSIGHT INTO HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES "Nifty" Shows His True Colors Joe Kelly, Crook, Proves a Real Friend with Mae Murray. Directed by John O'Brien. Famous Players/Paramount. More Information on this film...                                      This work (The Big Sister (1916), by Paramount), identified by Bruce Calvert, is free of known copyright restrictions. Books (none) Last Modified March 3, 2019.