A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Circus of Life
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Rupert Julian + [Elsie Jane Wilson]

Cast: Elsie Jane Wilson [Mamie], Mignon Anderson [Kate], Pomeroy Cannon [Danny], Harry Carter [Gaston Bouvais], Emory Johnson [Tommie], Zoe Rae [Daisy Mae], Burwell Hamrick [a boy], Nanine Wright

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Butterfly]. / Scenario by E.J. Clawson (Elliott J. Clawson). / Released 4 June 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 November 2022.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 26 : Website-IMDb.