The Heart of a Clown (1909)

- Directed by
- Edwin Stanton Porter
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A clown must choose between his love for his wife and his duty to perform for an audience. The film shows the personal cost of putting on a happy face.
melodramaticsilentslow-burnpoignantsentimentaltheatrical
What happens
The Heart of a Clown è un cortometraggio muto del 1909 diretto da Edwin S. Porter e interpretato da Florence Turner e da Charles Ogle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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