Circus Days (1920)

Reelcraft Pictures Corporation
Starring:
 Matty Roubert
Directed by: William L. Roubert

Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Jimmy Blake (Matty Roubert) dreams of going to the circus but his family can’t afford it so he throws one himself.

Purr Blur: In this Our Gang knock off, the kids put on their own show but it is a pretty pathetic affair, especially the non-PC Man from Borneo bit. But whereas in the Our Gang shorts the animals used for circus animals have some imagination to them, these do not. There is only a goat that is supposed to be a lion and a quick shot of a crate containing a small white cat with spots painted on, labeled as a “Brazlian-Lepord”. The gag is set up and filmed so poorly you can barely even see the small cat at all.

Circus Days - small white cat in crate labeled as Brazlian-Lepord

Circus Days - small white cat in crate labeled as Brazlian-Lepord

Final Mewsings: Cats deserve better filmography.


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