Put to the test : Charlie Chaplin

The circus

Charles Chaplin

1928
United States
1h12
Fiction
B&W
Silent

The Tramp finds himself at a circus where he is promptly chased around by the police who think he is a pickpocket. Running into the Bigtop, he is an accidental sensation with his hilarious efforts to elude the police. The circus owner immediately hires him.  The Tramp falls for the owner's lovely acrobatic stepdaughter and he will do anything to make her fall for him…

Cast
Charles Chaplin, Allan Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, Betty Morrissey
Screenplay
Charles Chaplin
Photography
Roland Totheroh, Jack Wilson and Mark Marlatt
Music
Charles Chaplin
Production
Charles Chaplin Productions

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