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The Circus: Premiere

Jan 13, 1928 | IMDB 5.4

6 min Watch Now

Documentary

Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.

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Vilma Banky, Rod La Rocque, W.C. Fields, Doris Kenyon, Milton Sills, Adolphe Menjou, Billie Dove, George K. Arthur, Cecil B. DeMille, Dolores Costello

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