DETAILED NOTES ON CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

The storyline within the film displays this. Chaplin’s tramp falls in love with Merna, who returns his passion. Then, a tightrope walker named Rex (played by Henry Bergman) comes onto the scene and Merna immediately falls in love with him. Why? Since his act is daring and hazardous whilst Chaplin’s clown act has considerably less Status. Also,