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Circus Days
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 6183 feet
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Cast: Jackie Coogan [Toby Tyler], Barbara Tennant [Ann Tyler], Russell Simpson [Eben Holt], Claire McDowell [Martha Holt], Cesare Gravina [Luigi, the clown], Peaches Jackson [Jeannette], Sam De Grasse [Mr. Lord, the concessionaire], De Witt Jennings (DeWitt Jennings) [Mr. Daly], Nellie Lane [the world’s fattest woman], William Barlow [the world’s skinniest man]
[?] Jackie Coogan Productions? production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Edward F. Cline and Harry Weil, from the novel Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis. Technical direction by Fred Gabourie. Assistant director, Harry Weil. Cinematography by Frank Good and Robert Martin. Film editor, Irene Morra. Intertitles written by Eve Unsell. Presented by Sol Lesser. / © 10 July 1923 [LP19194]. Released 30 July 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A digitally-preserved print of the film was gifted to the Library of Congress from the Gosfilmofond film archive in October 2010.
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Gosfilmofond film archive; in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm preservation print (acquired October 2010)]; and in the film holdings of Lobster Films.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Circuses: Clowns, Wagons - Street scenes
Listing updated: 28 January 2011.
References: Bardèche-History p. 233; Sweeney-Coming p. 61 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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