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.
Plot
Cast
- Jackie Coogan as Toby Tyler
- Barbara Tennant as Ann Tyler
- Russell Simpson as Eben Holt
- Claire McDowell as Martha
- Cesare Gravina as Luigi, the Clown
- Peaches Jackson as Jeannette
- Sam De Grasse as Lord the Concessionaire
- DeWitt Jennings as Daly
- Nellie Lane as Fat Woman
- William Barlow as Human Skeleton, ‘World’s Skinniest Man’
Release
Circus Days premiered at Metropolitan Theater in Hermosa Beach on June 27, 1923. Cast members and producer Sol Lesser were in attendance.[1][2]
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.[3][4]
References
- ^ Beaman, Doris. “History of the Bijou Theater”. Hermosa Beach Historical Society. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
- ^ Hixon, Michael (February 24, 2020). “Bijou Theater history focus of Hermosa Beach Museum exhibition that opens March 5”. Daily Breeze.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Circus Days at silentera.com
- ^ 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.
External links
- Circus Days at IMDb