Circus Days
Orphan Toby Tyler runs away from his cruel uncle and joins a circus to work as lemonade boy. When a little girl who rides horses bareback becomes ill, Toby saves her from getting fired by putting on a dress and wig and taking her ...
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"If you want to see a movie about a boy who runs away to join the circus and becomes a girl, here it is. James Otis Kaler was an extremely prolific author of boys' novels, all of which have vanished into obscurity except one: 'Toby Tyler', the tale of an abused boy who runs away and joins the circus. 'Circus Days', intended as a star vehicle for child actor Jackie Coogan, is based on that novel ... yet radically alters the material. (Which may explain why the film studio did not use the title of the original novel -- still hugely popular in 1923 -- for this movie.) In ..."
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Considered to be lost until 2010. A print was found in Gosfilmofond, the Russian state film archive and a digital copy was presented to the Library of Congress on 22 Oct 2010.
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Orphan Toby Tyler runs away from his cruel uncle and joins a circus to work as lemonade boy. When a little girl who rides horses bareback becomes ill, Toby saves her from getting fired by putting on a dress and wig and taking her ...