The Side Show of Life
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The Side Show of Life is a 1924
silent
film produced by Famous Players-Lasky
, directed by Herbert Brenon and distributed by Paramount
. It 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. This film may or may not be lost as evidence of a print in Gosfilmofond in Moscow has come forth.
1924 in film
-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
film produced by Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...
, directed by Herbert Brenon and distributed by Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
. It is based on the novel "The Mountebank" by William J. Locke which had been turned into a play by Ernest Denny. Ernest Torrence
Ernest Torrence
Ernest Torrence was a Scottish born film character actor who appeared in many Hollywood films, including Broken Chains with Colleen Moore,Mantrap with Clara Bow, and Fighting Caravans with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita...
stars in the role of a clown during World War I similar to that of Lon Chaney's
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
in He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped is a 1924 film starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, and John Gilbert. It was directed by Victor Sjöström. The film is based on the Russian play Тот, кто получает пощёчины by playwright Leonid Andreyev, which was published in 1914 and in English, as He Who Gets Slapped, in 1922...
that same year and Brenon's Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh is a 1928 silent film starring Lon Chaney and Loretta Young. The movie was directed by Herbert Brenon and produced and released through MGM Studios.-Cast:*Lon Chaney - Tito/Flick*Loretta Young - Simonetta...
four years later. Norman Trevor starred in the Broadway play in 1923. This film may or may not be lost as evidence of a print in Gosfilmofond in Moscow has come forth.
Cast
- Ernest TorrenceErnest TorrenceErnest Torrence was a Scottish born film character actor who appeared in many Hollywood films, including Broken Chains with Colleen Moore,Mantrap with Clara Bow, and Fighting Caravans with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita...
as Andrew Lackaday - Anna Q. NilssonAnna Q. NilssonAnna Quirentia Nilsson was a Swedish born American actress who achieved success in American silent movies.-Background:...
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 ShannonEffie ShannonEffie Shannon was a stage and silent screen actress. She had a 60 year career as starring performer and later character actress. Her partner or husband was Herbert Kelcey who died in 1917...
as Lady Verity-Stewart - Katherine LeeJane LeeJane Lee was a child star in silent motion pictures beginning in 1914. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Along with her sister, Katherine Lee, born 1909, she appeared in the original Neptune's Daughter filmed in 1914. In 1915 Jane appeared with Valeska Suratt in The Soul of Broadway at Fox Studios...
as Evadne
External links
- The Side Show of Life at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- The Side Show of Life at Allrovi
- original lobby poster The Side Show of Life
- lobby poster
