THE BEST SIDE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

The storyline within the film reveals this. Chaplin’s tramp falls in really like with Merna, who returns his affection. Then, a tightrope walker named Rex (played by Henry Bergman) arrives on to the scene and Merna promptly falls in adore with him. Why? For the reason that his act is daring and hazardous whilst Chaplin’s clown act has much less