Tillie's Punctured Romance
Brief Synopsis
The ring master is plotting to get the circus owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over. World War I intervenes and eventually aids the Allied cause by joining the German army.
Cast & Crew
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Edward Sutherland
Director
W. C. Fields
Ringmaster
Chester Conklin
Horatio Q. Frisbee
Louise Fazenda
Tillie
Mack Swain
Tillie's Old Man/General Pilsner
Doris Hill
The Girl Trapezist
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Mar
3,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Christie Film Co.
Distribution Company
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
57m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,733ft
(6 reels)
Synopsis
Tillie leaves home for the lure of the lion tamer in Frisbee's Colossal Circus, an enterprise sporting all the accouterments: cream-puff-stuffed lions, a skullduggerous ringmaster, the blossoming apple of whose eye is an amorous amazon of a strong woman, a "girl with a voice of gold and an arm of iron." The circus picks up stakes and goes "over there" to entertain the boys in the French trenches, but Tillie, Frisbee, and his ringmaster get caught in a draft that blows them into the German Army where, as privates, they find themselves facing the Allies.
Director
Edward Sutherland
Director
Cast
W. C. Fields
Ringmaster
Chester Conklin
Horatio Q. Frisbee
Louise Fazenda
Tillie
Mack Swain
Tillie's Old Man/General Pilsner
Doris Hill
The Girl Trapezist
Grant Withers
The Boy Trapezist/wireless operator
Tom Kennedy
The Villain
Babe London
The Strong Woman
Kalla Pasha
The Axe Thrower
William Platt
The Midget
Mickey Bennett
The Bad Boy
Mike Rafetto
The Lion Tamer
Baron Von Dobeneck
German officer
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Mar
3,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Christie Film Co.
Distribution Company
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
57m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,733ft
(6 reels)
Quotes
Trivia
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