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This lavish production features Charlie Chaplin directing and also doing his Little Tramp bit. This time, the hapless vagabond seeks refuge from the law among the members of a travelling circus. He soon falls in love with the beautiful equestrienne and the film audience is treated not only to a big top spectacular, but a charming romance as well.

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EAN5060203340308

eBay Product ID (ePID)102188345

Product Key Features

ActorCharlie Chaplin, George Davis, Tiny Sandford, Allan Garcia, Henry Bergman, Merna Kennedy, John Rand, Harry Crocker

Film/TV TitleThe Circus

DirectorCharlie Chaplin

FormatDVD

Release Year2011

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesBlack & White

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Run Time69 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificateU

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerCharlie Chaplin

Additional InformationChaplin directed and stars in his traditional Little Tramp role in THE CIRCUS. On the lam from the law, he takes refuge under the tent of a failing circus. Unintentionally, Charlie disrupts the show's big clown act, and the crowd roars. The ringmaster decides to hire Charlie as a clown, building the whole circus around him. Charlie has many an adventure and close shave while performing under the Big Top, the best of which involves a tightrope, a broken support wire, and a playful monkey. The standard Chaplin pathos rears its head when Charlie falls in love with pretty tightrope walker Merna Kennedy. The film contains several excellent setpieces, including a Hall of Mirrors sequence which anticipates Orson Welles' more serious LADY FROM SHANGHAI climax by twenty years. THE CIRCUS won Chaplin a special Oscar in 1928.

ScreenwriterCharlie Chaplin

CinematographerRollie Totheroh

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleThe Circus