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In the last film he made during the silent era, Charlie Chaplin revels in the art of the circus, paying tribute to the acrobats and pantomimists who inspired his virtuoso pratfalls. After being mistaken for a pickpocket, Chaplin’s Tramp flees into the ring of a traveling circus and soon becomes the star of the show, falling for the troupe’s bareback rider along the way. Despite its famously troubled production, this gag-packed comedy ranks among Chaplin’s finest, thanks to some of the most audacious set pieces of the director-performer’s career, including a close brush with a lion and a climactic tightrope walk with a barrelful of monkeys. The Circus, which was rereleased in 1969 with a new score by Chaplin, is an uproarious high-wire act that showcases silent cinema’s most popular entertainer at the peak of his comic powers.
Original Release
01/06/1928
US Release
11/16/1928
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Al Ernest Garcia | The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master |
Merna Kennedy | Circus Proprietor's Stepdaughter, a Circus Rider / The Proprietor's Step-Daughter Merna - A Circus Rider |
Harry Crocker | Rex - A Tight Rope Walker / Rex, a Tight Rope Walker / Disgruntled Property Man / Clown |
George Davis | A Magician |
Henry Bergman | An Old Clown |
Tiny Sandford | The Head Property Man |
John Rand | An Assistant Property Man / Clown |
Steve Murphy | A Pickpocket |
Albert Austin | Clown |
Chester A. Bachman | Cop |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Al Ernest Garcia | The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master |
Merna Kennedy | Circus Proprietor's Stepdaughter, a Circus Rider / The Proprietor's Step-Daughter Merna - A Circus Rider |
Harry Crocker | Rex - A Tight Rope Walker / Rex, a Tight Rope Walker / Disgruntled Property Man / Clown |
George Davis | A Magician |
Henry Bergman | An Old Clown |
Tiny Sandford | The Head Property Man |
John Rand | An Assistant Property Man / Clown |
Steve Murphy | A Pickpocket |
Albert Austin | Clown |
Chester A. Bachman | Cop |
Eugene Barry | Cop |
Jack Bernard | Man in Circus Audience |
Stanley Blystone | Cop |
Heinie Conklin | Clown |
Bill Knight | Cop |
Toraichi Kono | Man in Circus Audience |
H.L. Kyle | Man in Circus Audience |
Betty Morrissey | The Vanishing Lady |
L.J. O'Connor | Cop |
Jack P. Pierce | Man Operating Ropes |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Charles Chaplin | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1929 | Oscar | Won |