Comedy ·Romance ·Drama · United States of America · 1925 · 1h 54m

Sally of the Sawdust

Director

Cast

Carol Dempster as Sally W.C. Fields as Professor Eustance McGargle Alfred Lunt as Peyton Lennox Erville Alderson as Judge Henry L. Foster Effie Shannon as Mrs. Foster Charles Hammond as Lennox, Sr.

Crew

Forrest Halsey — Writer

Tagline

D.W. Griffith's circus comedy.

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

silent film

Key Collaborators

D.W. Griffith Director Forrest Halsey Writer

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