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Sally of the Sawdust

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Sally of the Sawdust

Aug 1, 1925

1h 54m

★ 6.2

D.W. Griffith's circus comedy.

Overview

Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Professor McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love. When Sally is arrested McGargle proves her real parentage.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Carol Dempster

Sally

Carol Dempster

W.C. Fields

Professor Eustance McGargle

W.C. Fields

Alfred Lunt

Peyton Lennox

Alfred Lunt

Erville Alderson

Judge Henry L. Foster

Erville Alderson

Effie Shannon

Mrs. Foster

Effie Shannon

No Image

Lennox, Sr.

Charles Hammond

Roy Applegate

Detective

Roy Applegate

Glenn Anders

Leon - the Acrobat (as Glen Anders)

Glenn Anders

Florence Fair

Miss Vinton

Florence Fair

Marie Shotwell

Society Lady

Marie Shotwell

No Image

Stooge

William 'Shorty' Blanche

Steve Murphy

Bandit

Steve Murphy