The Circus Man

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Circus Man | image = Thecircusman-scene-motionpicturenews-1914.jpg | caption = Scene from the film | director = Oscar Apfel | producer = Jesse Lasky | writer = Cecil B. DeMille | based_on = {{based on|''The Rose in the Ring''|George Barr McCutcheon}} | starring = Theodore Roberts | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1914|11|19}} | runtime = 5 reels | country = United States | language = Silent film(English intertitles) }} '''''The Circus Man''''' is a 1914 silent film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Oscar Apfel and written by Cecil B. DeMille from a story based on the novel ''The Rose in the Ring'' by George Barr McCutcheon. It is preserved at the Library of Congress.<ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20'' by The American Film Institute, c.1988</ref><ref>''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.31 by The American Film Institute, c.1978</ref><ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1728/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Circus Man'']</ref>

==Cast== *Theodore Roberts - Thomas Braddock *Mabel Van Buren - Mary Braddock *Florence Dagmar - Christine Braddock *Hubert Whitehead - Frank Jenison *Jode Mullally - David Jenison *Raymond Hatton - Ernie Cronk *Frank Hickman - Dick Cronk *Fred Montague - Colonel Grand *William Elmer - Isaac Perry (*as Billy Elmer) *James Neill - Richard Jenison

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0003774}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Circus Man, The}} Category:1914 films Category:American silent drama films Category:American silent feature films Category:Films based on American novels Category:Films directed by Oscar Apfel Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:1914 drama films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Circus films Category:1914 American films Category:Films based on novels by George Barr McCutcheon