NOT KNOWN FACTUAL STATEMENTS ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

The storyline within the film demonstrates this. Chaplin’s tramp falls in enjoy with Merna, who returns his passion. Then, a tightrope walker named Rex (performed by Henry Bergman) will come onto the scene and Merna quickly falls in adore with him. Why? Because his act is daring and unsafe while Chaplin’s clown act has considerably less Status.