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- In The Circus, Charlie plays the Little Tramp, the character that made him the most famous man on the planet.
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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. The production of the film was the most difficult experience in Chaplin's career.
The Little Tramp is chased into a circus tent during a performance; his antics prove funnier than those of the clowns, and the ringmaster hires him for the show. When a comedian plays a character who is inadvertently hilarious, it can seem narcissistic: just check out Jerry Lewis's "The Errand Boy" where Lewis has his supporting cast praise the ...
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- Comedy, Family, Romance
- Charles Chaplin
- 1928-01-29
The heroine was played by Merna Kennedy, a beautiful 18-year-old dancer making her film debut; and the Tramp’s rival in love by Harry Crocker, a handsome young socialite. Chaplin and Crocker spent weeks mastering the skills of rope-walking.
In The Circus, Charlie plays the Little Tramp, the character that made him the most famous man on the planet. As the story begins, the Tramp is mistakenly accused of stealing a wallet while watching a circus sideshow, which leads to a wild chase through a variety of attractions, including the house of mirrors.
- Charles Chaplin, Harry Crocker
- Charles Chaplin
After being mistaken for a pickpocket, Chaplin’s Tramp flees into the ring of a traveling circus and soon becomes the star of the show, falling for the troupe’s bareback rider along the way.
- Circus Proprietor And Ringmaster
A poor and starving Tramp comes into the realm of the circus solely as means to get away from the police as he is mistaken for a pickpocket working the carnival midway, the Tramp who unwittingly has on his possession one of the stolen wallets.
Sep 27, 2011 · Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus was the final Little Tramp appearance of the silent era. In 1927 nearly all movies were silent and by 1929 the majority featured sound. 1928 was transitional; the only year where silent movies and talkies were produced in roughly the same number.
