A chaotic circus disaster artist swaps the big top for an orphanage — what could go wrong?
The circus comes to town, and the town's orphans are treated to a day at the circus. The circus troupe's 'Jinx' girl causes so many problems for the performers and performances that, to escape punishment, she has to run away. She mingles with the orphans and runs away to join an orphanage.
Acting
Mabel Normand's physical comedy genius in peak form
Direction
Schertzinger's tight circus-set staging before talkies
Director
Victor Schertzinger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mabel Normand was Paramount's biggest female star in 1919, earning $3,500 weekly — more than most studio executives.
This was one of Normand's final films before the 1922 William Desmond Taylor scandal destroyed her career; fewer than half her 200+ films survive.
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