The Circus

The Circus

1928 film by Charlie Chaplin
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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.

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Charlie Chaplin
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Arthur Kay
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Charlie Chaplin
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  • January 6, 1928 (1928-01-06) (New York)
  • January 27, 1928 (1928-01-27) (Los Angeles)
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70 minutes
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United States
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Silent film
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$3.8 million (worldwide rentals)

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A Tramp: If you strike that girl, I'll quit! And what's more, I want what I'm worth.
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master: I'll give you fifty dollars a week.
(the tramp shakes his head)
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master: Sixty!
(the tramp mouths 'no')
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master: I'll double it!
A Tramp: Nothing less than a hundred.
(the Circus Proprietor agrees and they shake on it)

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