The Circus is a 1928 silent film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin with Joseph Plunkett as an uncredited writer. The film stars Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis and Henry Bergman. The story once again follows Chaplin's Little Tramp character. Taken to be part of the circus act, and seeing the profit potential of the Tramp, the ringmaster hires him, but discovers that the Tramp can only be funny unintentionally, not on purpose.
The production of the film was the most difficult experience in Chaplin's career. Numerous problems and delays occurred, including a studio fire, the death of Chaplin's mother, as well as Chaplin's bitter divorce from his second wife Lita Grey, and the Internal Revenue Service's claims of Chaplin's owed back taxes, all of which culminated in filming being stalled for eight months.[1]The Circus was the seventh highest grossing silent film in cinema history[2] taking in more than $3.8 million dollars in 1928.
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