The Sideshow (film)
{{short description|1928 film by Erle C. Kenton}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Sideshow
| image = The Sideshow (film).jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Erle C. Kenton
| producer = Jack Cohn
| writer = Howard J. Green
| narrator =
| starring = Marie Prevost
Ralph Graves
Alan Roscoe
| music =
| editing =
| cinematography = Joseph Walker
| studio = Columbia Pictures
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{film date|1928|12|11}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Sideshow is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Marie Prevost, Ralph Graves, and Alan Roscoe.Munden p. 715
Plot
A circus is threatened by acts of sabotage organized by a rival company.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Marie Prevost as Queenie Parker
- Ralph Graves as Gentleman Ted Rogers
- 'Little Billy' Rhodes as P.W. Melrose
- Alan Roscoe as Ghandi
- Pat Harmon as Bowen - the Canvas Boss
- R.E. 'Tex' Madsen as Tall Man
- Martha McGruger as Fat Lady
- Steve Clemente as Knife Thrower
- Janet Ford as Knife Thrower's Aide
- Paul Desmuke as Armless Man
- Bert Price as Tattooed Man
- Chester Morton as Thin Man
- Jacques Ray as Fire Eater
}}
Preservation status
Prints of The Sideshow exist at the French archive Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.193/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sideshow]
References
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Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0019381}}
{{Erle C. Kenton}}
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Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Films directed by Erle C. Kenton
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language drama films
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