The Show (1927 film)
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The Show is a 1927 silent American drama film directed by Tod Browning
, based upon C.T. Jackson's 1910 novel, The Day of Souls.
Tod Browning
Tod Browning was an American motion picture actor, director and screenwriter.Browning's career spanned the silent and talkie eras...
, based upon C.T. Jackson's 1910 novel, The Day of Souls.
Plot
A Hungarian carnival troupe follows a young girl who reforms a tearaway after her old suitor tried to kill him with a poisonous lizard.Cast
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