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Overview

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Director:

Charles Chaplin

Writer:

Charles Chaplin (written by)

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Release Date:

1928 (Turkey) more

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

The Circus is Here! more

Plot:

The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 win more

User Comments:

Excellent Comedy Made With Creativity & Skill more (41 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Al Ernest Garcia ... The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master (as Allan Garcia)
Merna Kennedy ... His Step-daughter, A Circus Rider
Harry Crocker ... Rex, A Tight Rope Walker / Disgruntled Property Man / Clown
George Davis ... A Magician
Henry Bergman ... An Old Clown
Tiny Sandford ... The Head Property Man (as Stanley J. Sandford)
John Rand ... An Assistant Property Man / Clown
Steve Murphy ... A Pickpocket

Charles Chaplin ... A Tramp (as Charlie Chaplin)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

USA

Language:

None

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Silent


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Premiere included live stage prologue written by Joseph Plunkett. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After the tramp washes the shaving cream from his face, he dries himself with a towel but the towel never touches his face (this is probably so that it won't mess up the stage makeup). more

Quotes:

A Tramp: If you strike that girl, I'll quit! And what's more, I want what I'm worth.
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master: I'll give you fifty dollars a week.
[the tramp shakes his head]
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master: Sixty!
[the tramp mouths 'no']
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master: I'll double it!
A Tramp: Nothing less than a hundred.
[the Circus Proprietor agrees and they shake on it]
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003) more


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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent Comedy Made With Creativity & Skill, 28 May 2002
Author: Snow Leopard from Ohio

Perhaps this doesn't have quite the reputation of Charlie Chaplin's greatest movies, but it is very entertaining, and it's a good showcase both for his comic genius and also for his skill as a film-maker. It's full of very funny routines along with plenty of action, with enough of a story to make you care about the characters, too.

The setting in "The Circus" certainly gives Chaplin a lot of ready-made material, and he makes the most of it, coming up with hilarious routines involving everything from a hall of mirrors to a lion. His 'Tramp' character gets involved in all kinds of amusing predicaments that involve several other interesting characters. Most of it keeps a pretty light tone, which makes the serious parts that much more effective. And there are several sequences which, though perhaps not as well known as some of the scenes from other Chaplin films, are quite funny and creative.

With plenty of humor and Chaplin's trademark sympathetic characters, this is a very enjoyable feature for anyone who appreciates classic comedy.

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