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Overview
Release Date:
17 February 1928 (Sweden) moreTagline:
The Circus is Here! moreAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Chaplin's underrated gem from 1928. moreCast
(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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Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
71 minCountry:
USALanguage:
NoneColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
SilentCertification:
Germany:6 | Spain:T | USA:G (re-release: 1969) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Denmark:A (2003) | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:UnratedFilming Locations:
Glendale, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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In the 1969 re-issue, the 80-year-old Chaplin sang the title song. moreGoofs:
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). moreQuotes:
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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THE CIRCUS might be one of Chaplin's funniest films, though anyone who knows of the strenuous and always painful conditions the film was made under will have a hard time laughing. Here, Chaplin proves his theory that laughter is the cure for anything in real life as well as on screen. He received a special Academy Award at the first Academy Awards Ceremony in 1928 for "versatility in writing, producing, directing and starring in THE CIRCUS". It was well-deserved, as this comedy classic will show.