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The Merry-Go-Round (1919)

1919-09-21 · 50m · EN
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Crump's Colossal Combined Carnival Show barely survives financially by hiring thieves and pickpockets to rob customers. One day, clubman Jack Hamilton buys the circus when his car breaks down on his way to meet a deadline to avoid bankruptcy and he needs the circus tractor to haul his auto out of a ditch. Hamilton leads the circus to financial success and falls in love with Gypsy, the ticket-taker. To convince Jack to marry Gypsy, her supposed mother, fortune-teller Carlotta, says that she was kidnapped as a baby and shows Jack a photo in which he recognizes Gypsy's mother as the wife of Andrew Pomeroy, the financier who ruined him.

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Edmund LawrenceDirector

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Peggy HylandPeggy HylandGypsy / Susie Alice PomeroyJack MulhallJack MulhallJack HamiltonEdward JobsonEdward JobsonEzekial PowersEdwin B. TiltonEdwin B. TiltonAndrew PomeroyVera LewisVera LewisMrs. PomeroyBob WalkerBob WalkerCharles MerryweatherWillard LouisWillard LouisJerry CrumpLule WarrentonLule WarrentonCarlotta the Gypsy Queen

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaDialogue densityComedy · DramaPacingShortDirector preference1175103Actor preference3406677 · 198046 · 662253Country preferenceUs

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What is The Merry-Go-Round about?

Crump's Colossal Combined Carnival Show barely survives financially by hiring thieves and pickpockets to rob customers. One day, clubman Jack Hamilton buys the circus when his car breaks down on his way to meet a deadline to avoid bankruptcy and he needs the circus tractor to haul his auto out of a ditch. Hamilton leads the circus to financial success and falls in love with Gypsy, the ticket-taker. To convince Jack to marry Gypsy, her supposed mother, fortune-teller Carlotta, says that she was kidnapped as a baby and shows Jack a photo in which he recognizes Gypsy's mother as the wife of Andrew Pomeroy, the financier who ruined him.

How long is The Merry-Go-Round?

The Merry-Go-Round has a runtime of 50 minutes.