The Circus (1928)






The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , January 1928
Photoplay , March 1936

Books with substantial mentioning of The Circus

Robert K. Klepper
Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Gerald D. McDonald, Michael Conway and Mark Ricci (editors)
The Films of Charlie Chaplin
New York, 1965

Books with an entry on The Circus

Robert B. Connelly
The Motion Picture Guide, Silent Film 1910-1936
Chicago, 1986

Articles on The Circus

Jeffrey Vance, The Circus: a Chaplin masterpiece, in: Film History, vol. 8, 1996 pp. 186-208