DETAILED NOTES ON 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 passion. Then, a tightrope walker named Rex (performed by Henry Bergman) comes on to the scene and Merna promptly falls in adore with him. Why? Simply because his act is daring and perilous while Chaplin’s clown act has fewer prestige. A