Circus Days

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Circus Days
Circus Days lobby card.jpg
Lobby card
Directed by Eddie Cline
Written byEddie Cline (scenario)
Harry Weil (scenario)
Based on Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus
by James Otis
Produced by Sol Lesser
Starring Jackie Coogan
CinematographyFrank Good
Robert Martin
Edited by Irene Morra
Distributed by Associated First National Pictures
Release date
  • July 30, 1923 (1923-07-30)
Running time
6 reels; 6,183 feet
CountryUnited 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.

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Circus Days being shown at a Pennsylvania theater Rialto Theater - Allentown PA - 1923.jpg
Circus Days being shown at a Pennsylvania theater

Plot

Cast

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. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: Circus Days at silentera.com
  2. Cannady, Sheryl; Urschel, Donna (October 21, 2010). "Russia Presents Library of Congress With Digital Copies of Lost U.S. Silent Films". Library of Congress . Retrieved September 1, 2021.