The Side Show of Life

Summary

The Side Show of Life is a 1924 American silent drama 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.

The Side Show of Life
1924 film poster, likenesses of Ernest Torrence and Anna Q. Nilsson
Directed byHerbert Brenon
Screenplay byScenarios:
Willis Goldbeck
Julie Herne
Based onThe Mountebank (novel)
by William J. Locke
The Mountebank (play)
by Ernest Denny
Produced byHerbert Brenon
Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringErnest Torrence
Neil Hamilton
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • July 21, 1924 (1924-07-21) (New York City)
  • September 1, 1924 (1924-09-01) (Nationwide)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cast edit

Production edit

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 edit

A seemingly unobtainable print of The Side Show of Life survives in the Gosfilmofond archive, Moscow.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ The Mountebank produced by Charles Frohman Inc., Lyceum Theatre, New York ; 1923
  2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Side Show of Life

External links edit

  • The Side Show of Life at IMDb  
  • Synopsis at AllMovie
  • Original lobby poster The Side Show of Life
  • Lobby poster
  • Glass slide; coming attraction