Circus Days
{{Short description|1923 film by Edward F. Cline, Harry Weil}}
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{{infobox film
|name = Circus Days
|image = Circus Days lobby card.jpg
|caption = Lobby card
|director = Eddie Cline
|producer = Sol Lesser
|writer = Eddie Cline (scenario)
Harry Weil (scenario)
|based_on = {{based on|Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus|James Otis}}
|starring = Jackie Coogan
|cinematography = Frank Good
Robert Martin
|editing = Irene Morra
|distributor = Associated First National Pictures
|released = {{Film date|1923|7|30}}
|runtime = 6 reels; 6,183 feet
|country = United States
|language = Silent with English intertitles
}}
Circus Days is a 1923 American silent comedy film starring child actor Jackie Coogan, directed by Eddie Cline, produced by Sol Lesser and Jackie Coogan's own production company, and distributed through Associated First National Pictures. It is based on the 1877 novel Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis.
Plot
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Cast
- Jackie Coogan as Toby Tyler
- Barbara Tennant as Ann Tyler
- Russell Simpson as Eben Holt
- Claire McDowell as Martha
- Cesare Gravina as Luigi, the Clown
- Peaches Jackson as Jeannette
- Sam De Grasse as Lord the Concessionaire
- DeWitt Jennings as Daly
- Nellie Lane as Fat Woman
- William Barlow as Human Skeleton, 'World's Skinniest Man'
Preservation status
Circus Days had been considered a lost film, but a print survived in Russia. It was digitally presented to the Library of Congress from Russian archive Godmosfilm in 2010 along with several other lost silent films.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CircusDays1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: Circus Days] at silentera.com{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-10-239/russia-presents-digital-copies-of-silent-films/2010-10-21|last1=Cannady|first1=Sheryl|last2=Urschel|first2=Donna|title=Russia Presents Library of Congress With Digital Copies of Lost U.S. Silent Films|publisher=Library of Congress|date=October 21, 2010|accessdate=September 1, 2021}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Circus Days}}
- {{IMDb title|0013926}}
{{Edward F. Cline}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:1920s rediscovered films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Edward F. Cline
Category:Films produced by Sol Lesser
Category:First National Pictures films
Category:Rediscovered American films
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:Surviving American silent films
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