The Circus Girl’s Romance (1915)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short
Release: 1915-06-12
Director: Henry MacRae
Writers: Henry MacRae , Hugh C. Weir
Language: None | English
Stars: Marie Walcamp , Rex De Rosselli , Sherman Bainbridge , Wellington A. Playter , Bucky O’Connor , William F. Cody
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Circus Girl's Romance , Patsy of the Circus (United States of America) , The Circus Girl's Romance (United States of America)
Plot: Patsy is the daughter of an old circus veteran, and has been a part of the circus since her mother's death. Her father is not satisfied for her to grow up with a circus and arranges to send her to a boarding school. Patsy does not fall in with the idea and goes to her old friend, Bucky O'Connor, the veteran clown, for advice. He sympathizes with her, but refuses to intercede. Kelly's manager, Anton Fischer, has loved Palsy for a long time, but she does not care for him. Overcome with his passion, he tries to kiss her, but is prevented by the arrival of O'Connor. Patsy is finally sent to school. Patsy finds her new life hard and to ease the longing, gets a horse to ride each morning. She is seen by Bruce Barker, a young playwright, who manages to get an introduction to her and they become fast friends. One day a circus is billed in the town and she accompanies Bruce to see it. The familiar sights so work upon her memory that she determines to run off and join her father's circus. Bruce proposes to her, but she is filled with the new thought and rejects him. Fischer then determines to get control of the show and then force the girl to marry him to save her father. By many crooked deals he gets the show in bad repute and lends money to Kelly from time to time. He arranges to have a crowd of roughs break up the show the next night. Patsy arrives in the town where they are, the day before the big fight arranged by Fischer is to be pulled off. She pledges her old friend O'Connor to secrecy and they arrange to tell her father next day. However, one of the girls falls sick and Patsy takes her place. She is recognized by her father and he starts to go to her but the fight breaks out at this point and he is mixed up in the melee. Through the strategy of O'Connor the company is saved. Barker follows the girl and arrives in time to frustrate an attempt of Fischer's to get the girl in bad and then play the hero. He follows the show unknown to the girl and saves her from many misfortunes. Fischer determines upon a last attempt to rid himself of the rival and get the girl at the same time. He notifies the girl's lover to meet him at the lion's cage. planning to leave the door open, but the note is lost. He accidentally leaves the door open and is chased by the lion himself. Barton gets him in a tight place and tells him that if they don't promise to leave the circus and turn over the mortgage he has, that both of them will be killed. The frightened wretch promises and for a few months it looks as if both would be killed in the end, but the resources of Barker finally win over the brute and they are saved. Barker buys the show and Fischer leaves. Barker turns his purchase over to the girl and is about to leave, when she calls him back and tells him that she doesn't care for his show without him. and the story ends with a happy reunion under the "big top."
IMDB:tt0312570