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7.9Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as A Tramp
- Al Ernest Garcia as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master
- Merna Kennedy as The Proprietor's Step-Daughter Merna, a Circus Rider
- Harry Crocker as Rex, a Tight Rope Walker
- George Davis as A Magician
- Henry Bergman as An Old Clown
Themes
- circus
- one-sided love
- tramp
- unrequited love
- black and white
- silent film
- employer employee relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
8.1/10
38,179 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
90/100
- Year
- 1928
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Romance
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- 3 wins total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Written by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Produced by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Starring
- Charlie Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia , Merna Kennedy , Henry Bergman
- Cinematography
- Roland Totheroh
- Music by
- Arthur Kay , (1928 version) , Charlie Chaplin, (1967 version)
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release dates
- January 6, 1928 ( 1928-01-06 ) (New York) January 27, 1928 ( 1928-01-27 ) (Los Angeles)
- Running time
- 70 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- Silent film , English intertitles
- Box office
- $3.8 million (worldwide rentals)
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Official website
Charlie Chaplin : Filming The Circus
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 69
- FilmAffinity ID
- 656790
- Image
- The Circus (1928), screenshot 27'38''.jpg
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- publication date
- 1928-01-29
- title
- The Circus
- Commons category
- The Circus (1928 film)
- review score
- 8.1/10
- public domain date
- 2024-01-01
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Article
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.
The production of the film was the most difficult experience in Chaplin's career. Numerous problems and delays occurred, including a studio fire, the death of Chaplin's mother, as well as Chaplin's bitter divorce from his second wife Lita Grey, and the Internal Revenue Service's claims of Chaplin's owing back taxes, all of which culminated in filming being stalled for eight months. The Circus was the seventh-highest-grossing silent film in cinema history, taking in more than $3.8 million in 1928. The film continues to receive high praise. The film's copyright was renewed, so it entered the public domain on January 1, 2024.