Circus Days

Circus Days is a 1923 American silent comedy film starring child actor Jackie Coogan, directed by Eddie Cline, produced by Sol Lesser and Jackie Coogan's own production company, and distributed through Associated First National Pictures. It is based on the 1877 novel Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis.

Circus Days being shown at a Pennsylvania theater

Circus Days
Lobby card
Directed by	Eddie Cline
Written by	Eddie Cline (scenario) Harry Weil (scenario)
Based on	Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis
Produced by	Sol Lesser
Starring	Jackie Coogan
Cinematography	Frank Good Robert Martin
Edited by	Irene Morra
Distributed by	Associated First National Pictures
Release date	July 30, 1923 (1923-7-30)
Running time	6 reels; 6,183 feet
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

Plot

Cast

• Jackie Coogan as Toby Tyler
• Barbara Tennant as Ann Tyler
• Russell Simpson as Eben Holt
• Claire McDowell as Martha
• Cesare Gravina as Luigi, the Clown
• Peaches Jackson as Jeannette
• Sam De Grasse as Lord the Concessionaire
• DeWitt Jennings as Daly
• Nellie Lane as Fat Woman
• William Barlow as Human Skeleton, 'World's Skinniest Man'

Preservation status

Circus Days had been considered a lost film, but a print survived in Russia. It was digitally presented to the Library of Congress from Russian archive Godmosfilm in 2010 along with several other lost silent films.^[1][2]