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Actors: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Circus (1928) |
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The Tramp finds himself among the crowd at a small circus, where the police take him for a pickpocket and give chase. He leads them a merry run through the fun house and other exhibits and into the big top itself, where he is an accidental comic hit with the crowd while earnestly trying to elude the cops. The ringmaster and owner hires the Tramp on the spot, but the new employee doesn't know how to be funny on purpose. So his boss makes him a janitor, and arranges for him always to be in the big top at showtime, where he unfailingly tickles the crowd. Meanwhile, the Tramp falls for the owner's daughter, who is an acrobat (her father is abusive), and when Rex, the dashing tightrope walker appears to be a romantic rival, the Tramp decides to compete for her affections on the tightrope. Though not one of Chaplin's greatest, "The Circus" is a solid achievement, with laughs aplenty and a bit of pathos. Chaplin was awarded a special Oscar for "versatility and genius in writing, acting, directing and producing."
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Circus (1928) |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Kind of comedy
- physical comedy
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Body type
- (man) fat
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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