The Biggest Show on Earth

Apr 28, 1918

0h 50m

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Overview

Raised in a circus company, a young girl finds herself unhappily out of place at an upper class finishing school. She struggles to fit in with the young ladies of society, but it is her handiness with dangerous animals that finally breaks her through.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Thomas H. Ince Corporation

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Cast

Roxie Kemp

Enid Bennett

Marjorie Trent

Ethel Lynne

Nat Kemp

Melbourne MacDowell

Ross

Jack Nelson

Owen Trent

Earle Rodney

Col. Jeffrey Trent

Carl Stockdale

Mrs. Trent

Bliss Chevalier

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