The Circus (1928)
Written and directed
by star Charlie Chaplin this film also features Al Ernest Garcia,
Merna Kennedy and Harry Crocker. You know who visits the circus with
predictably silly results.
While the plot of this
film is fairly simple there is more than an element of it that
reflects Chaplin's own career with the contemporary coming of sound
threatening to leave him behind like the circus does his character at
the end of the film. Using a circus as a back drop is a great choice
and provides endless material for the slapstick comedy of which the
star is best known. As with any Chaplin film it is funny through out
and has a lasting quality.
4/5
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