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  Charles Emmett Mack (left), John Miljan and Norma Shearer.
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The Devil’s Circus
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Benjamin Christensen

Cast: Norma Shearer [Mary], Charles Emmett Mack [Carlstop], Carmel Myers [Yonna], John Miljan [Lieberkind], Claire McDowell [Mrs. Peterson], Joyce Coad [Little Anita], Charles Becker [circus dwarf], Karl Dane [the clown standing with the dwarf], Charles Murray [circus member]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Scenario by Benjamin Christensen. Cinematography by Ben Reynolds. Intertitles written by Katherine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell. / Released 15 February 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Christensen’s first American film. Coad’s film debut.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Warner Brothers Classics film archive [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Circuses

Listing updated: 1 November 2022.

References: Brownlow-Parade p. 511; Eames-MGM p. 20; Kobal-Fifty p. 34; Limbacher-Feature p. 62; Mottram-Danish p. 111 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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