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1924 film by Herbert Brenon

The Side Show of Life
1924 film poster, likenesses of Ernest Torrence and Anna Q. Nilsson
Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Screenplay by	Scenarios: Willis Goldbeck Julie Herne
Based on	The Mountebank (novel) by William J. Locke The Mountebank (play) by Ernest Denny
Produced by	Herbert Brenon Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor
Starring	Ernest Torrence Neil Hamilton
Cinematography	James Wong Howe
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	July 21, 1924 (1924-07-21) (New York City) September 1, 1924 (1924-09-01) (Nationwide)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Side Show of Life is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by Herbert Brenon and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1920 novel The Mountebank by William J. Locke, which had been turned into a play by Ernest Denny.

Cast

Ernest Torrence as Andrew Lackaday
Anna Q. Nilsson as Lady Auriol Dayne
Louise Lagrange as Elodie
Maurice de Canonge as Horatio Bakkus (as Maurice Cannon)
Neil Hamilton as Charles Verity-Stewart
William Ricciardi as Mignon
Mrs. Pozzi as Ernestine
Lawrence D'Orsay as Sir Julius Verity-Stewart
Effie Shannon as Lady Verity-Stewart
Katherine Lee as Evadne

Production

Ernest Torrence stars in the role of a clown during World War I which is similar to that of Lon Chaney's in He Who Gets Slapped, released that same year, and in Laugh, Clown, Laugh, released four years later. Norman Trevor starred in the Broadway play in 1923.

Preservation

A seemingly unobtainable print of The Side Show of Life survives in the Gosfilmofond archive, Moscow.

References

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v t e Films directed by Herbert Brenon
Ivanhoe (1913) Neptune's Daughter (1914) The Kreutzer Sonata (1915) The Heart of Maryland (1915) The Clemenceau Case (1915) The Two Orphans (1915) Sin (1915) The Soul of Broadway (1915) A Daughter of the Gods (1916) War Brides (1916) Whom the Gods Destroy (1916) The Eternal Sin (1917) The Lone Wolf (1917) The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917) Empty Pockets (1918) The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918) Victory and Peace (1918) Quinneys (1919) 12.10 (1919) Beatrice (1919) The Mysterious Princess (1920) Little Sister (1921) The Passion Flower (1921) The Stronger Passion (1921) The Sign on the Door (1921) The Wonderful Thing (1921) Any Wife (1922) A Stage Romance (1922) Shackles of Gold (1922) Moonshine Valley (1922) The Custard Cup (1923) The Rustle of Silk (1923) The Woman with Four Faces (1923) The Spanish Dancer (1923) Shadows of Paris (1924) The Breaking Point (1924) The Side Show of Life (1924) The Alaskan (1924) Peter Pan (1924) The Little French Girl (1925) The Street of Forgotten Men (1925) A Kiss for Cinderella (1925) The Song and Dance Man (1926) Dancing Mothers (1926) Beau Geste (1926) The Great Gatsby (1926) God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926) The Telephone Girl (1927) Sorrell and Son (1927) Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) The Rescue (1929) Lummox (1930) The Case of Sergeant Grisch (1930) Beau Ideal (1931) Transgression (1931) Girl of the Rio (1932) Wine, Women and Song (1933) Royal Cavalcade (1935) Honours Easy (1935) Living Dangerously (1936) Someone at the Door (1936) The Dominant Sex (1937) Spring Handicap (1937) The Live Wire (1937) Housemaster (1938) Yellow Sands (1938) Black Eyes (1939) The Flying Squad (1940)

Films directed by Herbert Brenon

Ivanhoe (1913)
Neptune's Daughter (1914)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1915)
The Heart of Maryland (1915)
The Clemenceau Case (1915)
The Two Orphans (1915)
Sin (1915)
The Soul of Broadway (1915)
A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
War Brides (1916)
Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
The Eternal Sin (1917)
The Lone Wolf (1917)
The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917)
Empty Pockets (1918)
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)
Victory and Peace (1918)
Quinneys (1919)
12.10 (1919)
Beatrice (1919)
The Mysterious Princess (1920)
Little Sister (1921)
The Passion Flower (1921)
The Stronger Passion (1921)
The Sign on the Door (1921)
The Wonderful Thing (1921)
Any Wife (1922)
A Stage Romance (1922)
Shackles of Gold (1922)
Moonshine Valley (1922)
The Custard Cup (1923)
The Rustle of Silk (1923)
The Woman with Four Faces (1923)
The Spanish Dancer (1923)
Shadows of Paris (1924)
The Breaking Point (1924)
The Side Show of Life (1924)
The Alaskan (1924)
Peter Pan (1924)
The Little French Girl (1925)
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
The Song and Dance Man (1926)
Dancing Mothers (1926)
Beau Geste (1926)
The Great Gatsby (1926)
God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)
The Telephone Girl (1927)
Sorrell and Son (1927)
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
The Rescue (1929)
Lummox (1930)
The Case of Sergeant Grisch (1930)
Beau Ideal (1931)
Transgression (1931)
Girl of the Rio (1932)
Wine, Women and Song (1933)
Royal Cavalcade (1935)
Honours Easy (1935)
Living Dangerously (1936)
Someone at the Door (1936)
The Dominant Sex (1937)
Spring Handicap (1937)
The Live Wire (1937)
Housemaster (1938)
Yellow Sands (1938)
Black Eyes (1939)
The Flying Squad (1940)

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