The Circus

Directed by Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Allan Garcia, Merna Kennedy
1928

The Little Tramp brings his slapstick hijinks to the big top. Charlie Chaplin's film The Circus begins in a fading circus, where the equestrienne (Merna Kennedy) can't jump the hoops and the clowns can't make the audience laugh. Outside on the midway, The Little Tramp falls into a series of wonderful comic routines that end when, pursued by a cop, he bursts into the tent's center ring and wows the audience. The circus owner/ringmaster (Allan Garcia) auditions The Little Tramp as a clown but discovers he is only funny when he isn't trying. He tricks The Little Tramp into joining the circus as a prop man who wreaks havoc with whatever he does and who unknowingly becomes the star of the show.

The Circus is one of the best silent films I've ever seen. Charlie Chaplin is hilarious and will keep you in smiling and laughing throughout the film.

This is comedy without a net!

Award:
1927-28 Oscars' Honorary Award For acting, writing, directing and producing
Charles Chaplin