Name: The Biggest Show on Earth
Released: 1918
Cast: Enid Bennett, Earl Rodney, Ethel Lynn, Bliss Chevalier, Carl Stockdale

Brief Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

The Greatest Show on Earth

Release Date

May 6, 1918

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Thomas H. Ince Corp.

Distribution Company

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

4,409ft (5 reels)

Synopsis

Roxie Kemp works as a lion tamer in a circus managed by her father. To fulfill a promise to his dying wife, Nat Kemp sends his daughter to an upper-crust boarding school where she befriends Marjorie Trent. When Roxie visits Marjorie's aristocratic family, she and Marjorie's brother Owen fall in love, though Mrs. Trent, suspicious of Roxie's background, is cold to her. When Kemp's circus comes to town, Roxie prevents the audience from rioting by filling in for the superstitious lion tamer, who refuses to go on. Mrs. Trent recognizes and rejects Roxie until Mr. Trent reveals that he is part-owner of the circus, whereupon Mrs. Trent accepts Roxie into the family.