Wikisource:WikiProject Film/Drafts/Archives/The Circus (film)
User: PseudoSkull
File: The Circus (1928) by Charlie Chaplin (restored version).webm
Author: Charlie Chaplin
Publisher: United Artists
Year: 1928
PD: PD/US|1977|film=yes
Note: This version of the film is taken from a 1968 restoration, which originally had copyrighted audio that was removed. The intertitles and video portions are all public-domain.
Cat: Comedy film, Silent film
00:03
"The Circus"
00:21
A Comedy
Written, Directed and Produced
by
Charlie Chaplin
"The Circus" © MCMLXVIII
The Roy Export Company Establishment
00:32
Photography by
Rollie. H. Totheroh
Laboratory Supervision by
William. E. Hinckley
00:40
Music Composed by
Charlie Chaplin
00:45
Title Music Sung by
Charlie Chaplin
00:50
Music Arranged by
Lambert Williamson
Musical Associate
Eric Jones
01:05
Cast
| The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master | Allan Garcia | |
| His Step-Daughter, A Circus Rider | Merna Kennedy | |
| Rex, A Tight Rope Walker | Harry Crocker | |
| A Magician | George Davis | |
01:16
| An Old Clown | Henry Bergman | |
| The Head Property Man | Stanley J Sanford | |
| An Assistant Property Man | John Rand | |
| A Pickpocket | Steve Murphey | |
| A Tramp | Charlie Chaplin | |
01:27
"The Circus"
02:06
"So you missed the hoop again."
02:11
"Father, I couldn't help it."
02:32
"For that you don't eat tonight."
02:59
"And you're supposed to be funny!"
03:05
"Look at that house; empty!"
03:38
Around the Side Shows hungry and broke.
05:27
"Here you are, sir."
05:34
"Count it."
05:39
"Is it all there?"
06:52
Mirror Maze
07:42
"Say, gimme that money!"
08:05
Ham
09:24
"How d'you get out of here?"
09:54
Noah's Ark
10:08
Tickets
13:05
"Rotten!"
13:09
"Get off!"
13:16
"Where's the funny man?"
13:22
"Bring on the funny man!"
13:33
The Funny Man.
13:40
Meal-time after the Show.
13:53
Stella
the
Sword Swallower
14:09
"Father won't let me."
14:54
"Do you want a job?"
15:00
"Be here in the morning, and we'll try you out."
15:19
Early the next morning.
16:17
Hungry.
18:03
"Run along home!"
18:07
"I live here."
18:45
"Excuse me, my cane."
19:01
The Tryout.
19:06
"Go ahead and be funny."
19:31
"That's awful!"
19:43
"Put on the William Tell act."
19:47
"Now then, watch this and see if you can do it."
20:44
"Go ahead and try it."
22:13
"Put on the barber-shop act."
24:22
"Now I must hit you."
24:50
"Now hit me!"
25:33
"I can't see."
25:47
"Just a moment!"
25:51
"We haven't talked terms yet."
26:03
"Get out and stay out!"
26:29
27:48
"Show's starting!"
27:55
"Aren't you coming in?"
28:03
"You're not leaving?"
28:09
"You see, we couldn't come to terms."
28:24
"Thank you for the egg."
28:47
The Show on.
28:54
Trouble with the Property Men.
28:57
Dressing rooms
29:01
"How about our back pay?"
29:08
"Get to work!"
29:11
"We quit!"
29:55
"They've quit."
29:59
"Get anybody!"
30:06
"Do you want a job?"
30:19
Lopy
the
Juggler
31:02
"Don't touch that button!"
31:10
Prof. Bosco Magician
32:22
"He's a sensation but he doesn't know it, keep him on as a property man."
32:39
The Circus prospered, but not the property man; and the girl led the same hard life.
34:19
"Keep him busy and don't let him know he's the hit of the show."
34:27
Prof. Bosco
Magician
34:59
A Sick Horse.
35:21
"Blow this pill down the horse's neck!"
35:36
"The horse blew first—"
36:49
Keep away dangerous
37:15
"Open the door, quick!"
39:13
"I told you the lions were dangerous!"
39:32
"Where's that pill?"
39:38
"Come here!"
39:40
"I've got to see a doctor!"
40:08
"It's a shame the way they make you work——and you the hit of the show."
40:18
"Why of course! All the crowds, all the applause is just for you."
40:28
"I knew it!"
41:00
"If you strike that girl, I'll quit!"
41:14
"And what's more I want what I'm worth—"
41:26
"I'll give you fifty dollars a week."
41:30
"Sixty!"
41:34
"I'll double it!"
41:37
"Nothing less than a hundred."
41:49
The Next Show.
41:55
The success of the Tramp made life easier for the girl and himself.
42:39
"Oh, Merna, you must have your fortune told!"
42:56
"I see love and marriage with a dark, handsome man who is near you now."
43:44
Rex
King Of The Air
43:48
A New Added Attraction, Rex, a tight-rope walker.
43:59
"Pardon me."
44:07
"Go right ahead."
44:31
"I'll give you Five Dollars for it."
45:16
"It's happened; I'm in love!"
45:25
"He's a tight-rope walker; I've just met him."
45:49
"Hurry up, you're on!"
46:24
The Act Over.
46:40
"What's the matter? You hardly got a laugh!"
47:23
"This is my friend."
47:54
"I don't like tight-rope walkers."
50:00
Time brought many changes to the Circus; New Hopes and New Ambitions.
50:22
His New Ambition.
51:02
"Never mind the rope; you'd better try and be funny again or you'll go!"
51:16
The next performance—and not a smile.
51:40
"I've had enough of this; you get one more chance."
51:53
"Where's Rex?"
52:00
"Rex, the tight-rope walker, hasn't shown up."
52:11
"Is Rex here?"
52:16
"You can do the act, can't you?"
52:21
"You'll do it or quit!"
52:30
"I'll do it; find his clothes!"
52:48
"There's the clothes!"
53:13
"You follow her!"
53:35
"He'll kill himself."
53:39
"That's all right; I've got him insured."
53:55
"Take your time, there's another act to go on."
54:18
"Why, what is the meaning of this?"
54:23
"I am taking his place on the rope."
54:29
"You'll get killed."
54:32
"Oh, no, I have a charmed life."
55:00
"I'll give you five dollars if you'll do it."
55:09
"Not a word to anybody."
55:54
"Please don't do this."
56:18
"You've forgotten your tights."
56:25
"You're on!"
1:02:11
"You're through!!!"
1:02:24
That Night.
1:02:49
"I've run away from the circus."
1:02:57
"I'll never go back."
1:03:09
"Can't you take me with you?"
1:03:32
"I've got an idea."
1:03:36
"You stay here."
1:03:50
"Have you seen Merna?"
1:04:09
"She's run away—"
1:04:13
"I can do nothing for her——"
1:04:17
"Now, there's one way out."
1:04:33
"She's there now?"
1:04:46
"Take me to her!"
1:05:02
The Next Morning.
1:05:09
NoticeCourt HouseJ. Sprigg
Justice of the PeaceNotary
Public
1:05:37
The Circus ready to leave.
1:05:48
"So you've come back—You—!"
1:05:57
"You're speaking to my wife!"
1:06:36
"Will you go on with the show?"
1:06:43
"——if you take him."
1:06:56
"The end wagon for you."
1:07:07
"Come in with us."
1:07:20
Ciro's Circus
1:08:34
The
End