The Circus (1928)

19281h 12mdir. Charlie ChaplinUnited Statescomedy filmsilent film

With Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin, Tiny Sandford, Albert Austin, Hugh Saxon, Jack Pierce

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

The Circus is a 1928 silent romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film stars Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis and Henry Bergman. The ringmaster of an impoverished circus hires Chaplin's Little Tramp as a clown, but discovers that he can only be funny unintentionally.

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