Hispanopedia WikiThe Side Show of Life is a 1924 American silentdrama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by Herbert Brenon and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1920 novel The Mountebank by William J. Locke, which had been turned into a play by Ernest Denny.
Cast
- Ernest Torrence as Andrew Lackaday
- Anna Q. Nilsson as Lady Auriol Dayne
- Louise Lagrange as Elodie
- Maurice de Canonge as Horatio Bakkus (as Maurice Cannon)
- Neil Hamilton as Charles Verity-Stewart
- William Ricciardi as Mignon
- Mrs. Pozzi as Ernestine
- Lawrence D'Orsay as Sir Julius Verity-Stewart
- Effie Shannon as Lady Verity-Stewart
- Katherine Lee as Evadne
Production
Ernest Torrence stars in the role of a clown during World War I which is similar to that of Lon Chaney's in He Who Gets Slapped, released that same year, and in Laugh, Clown, Laugh, released four years later. Norman Trevor starred in the Broadway play in 1923.[1]
Preservation
A seemingly unobtainable print of The Side Show of Life survives in the Gosfilmofond archive, Moscow.[2]
References
External links
- The Side Show of Life at IMDb
- Original lobby poster The Side Show of Life
- Lobby poster
- Glass slide; coming attraction
Categories:
- 1924 films
- 1924 drama films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent drama films
- American silent feature films
- Circus films
- Films about clowns
- Films based on British novels
- Films directed by Herbert Brenon
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1924 American films
- 1924 English-language films
- Films based on works by William John Locke
- English-language drama films
- 1920s American silent drama film stubs