DETAILED NOTES ON CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

The storyline during the film demonstrates this. Chaplin’s tramp falls in adore with Merna, who returns his passion. Then, a tightrope walker named Rex (played by Henry Bergman) will come onto the scene and Merna immediately falls in enjoy with him. Why? Simply because his act is daring and harmful when Chaplin’s clown act has much less Status.