The Side Show of Life
| The Side Show of Life | |
|---|---|
 1924 film poster, likenesses of Ernest Torrence and Anna Q. Nilsson | |
| Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
| Screenplay by | Scenarios: Willis Goldbeck Julie Herne |
| Produced by | Herbert Brenon Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Ernest Torrence Neil Hamilton |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film with (English intertitles) |
The Side Show of Life (1924) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by Herbert Brenon and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the novel The Mountebank by William J. Locke which had been turned into a play by Ernest Denny.
Ernest Torrence stars in the role of a clown during World War I similar to that of Lon Chaney's in He Who Gets Slapped that same year and Brenon's Laugh, Clown, Laugh four years later. Norman Trevor starred in the Broadway play in 1923.[1] This film may or may not be a lost film as evidence of a print in Gosfilmofond in Moscow has come forth.[2]
Cast
- Ernest Torrence as Andrew Lackaday
- Anna Q. Nilsson as Lady Auriol Dayne
- Louise Lagrange as Elodie
- Maurice de Canonge as Horatio Bakkus (as Maurice Cannon)
- Neil Hamilton as Charles Verity-Stewart
- William Ricciardi as Mignon
- Mrs. Pozzi as Ernestine
- Lawrence D'Orsay as Sir Julius Verity-Stewart
- Effie Shannon as Lady Verity-Stewart
- Katherine Lee as Evadne
References
External links
- The Side Show of Life at IMDb
- The Side Show of Life at Allmovie
- original lobby poster The Side Show of Life
- lobby poster
- glass slide; coming attraction
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