Sparrow of the Circus (1914) User Reviews

People still like a good deal of this sort of stuff

[deickemeyer · 30 September 2018]

Pretty, sentimental story. Sparrow is a circus clown happy with his wife and little kid. But she takes the child and runs away with the ringmaster and he is left to make his jokes for the people in spite of a breaking heart. Later, in another city, the circus and the runaways meet. There's a melodramatic happy ending. People still like a good deal of this sort of stuff and this is a very fair commercial offering to please them. It is well acted, staged and clear in photography. The atmosphere is decidedly interesting. - The Moving Picture World, June 27, 1914