The Lure of the Sawdust (1914)

Directed by

Tom Ricketts

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man runs away to join a circus. He becomes a performer and falls in love with a fellow circus worker.

old-fashionedromanticdramaticsentimentalearnestslow-pacedsimplenostalgic

What happens

The Lure of the Sawdust is a 1914 American silent drama short directed by Tom Ricketts starring Charlotte Burton, George Field, Ed Coxen, Edith Borella, Ida Lewis and John Steppling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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