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The Circus finally premiered in New York City on January 6, 1928, at the Strand Theatre, [12] and in Los Angeles on January 27 at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. [13] It came right at the beginning of the sound film era, [ 14 ] with the very first feature sound film, The Jazz Singer (1927), having been released just months earlier.
The ringmaster of an impoverished circus hires Chaplin's Little Tramp as a clown, but discovers that he can only be funny unintentionally. Reason my first Featured picture nomination since, you know, that thing, however the reason I'm nominate this movie, it's becaused it is one of the most well know Charlie Chaplin movies and also, is the one ...
All of Chaplin's films up to and including The Circus (1928) were silent, although many were re-issued with soundtracks. City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) were essentially silent films, although they were made with soundtracks consisting of music and sound effects; the latter film also included talking sequences. All of Chaplin's last ...
The Big Circus; The Big Number; The Big Show (1961 film) Big Top Bunny; Big Top Pee-wee; Big Top Scooby-Doo! Billy Rose's Jumbo; Black Forest Melody; Boonie Bears: The Big Top Secret; Boop-Oop-a-Doop; Boot Hill (film) Bright Lights (1928 film) Bronco Billy; Buddy's Circus; Bye Bye Brazil
A list of American films released in 1928. The American film industry was undergoing the transition to sound and released a mixture of sound and silent films during the year. Wings won the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture at the 1st Academy Awards, presented on May 16, 1929. The Last Command starring Emil Jannings.
Many are best known by the name of their principal owner. The following is a list of both circuses and their country of origin. For more information on circuses in general see Circus , or Contemporary circus , or for information regarding the ancient Roman circus, see Circus Maximus .
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Otto F. Breitkreutz (April 16, 1866 – December 25, 1928), universally known as Big Otto, was an American circus man and film producer during the early 20th century.He was called Big Otto because he weighed somewhere between 350–480 lb (160–220 kg) [1] [2] and was "big in heart and policy."