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Auction History Result 2d295 DEVIL'S CIRCUS 8x10.25 still '26 cute dog on bed stares at pretty Norma Shearer! Date Sold 10/5/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) The Devil's Circus, the 1926 Benjamin Christensen silent romantic love triangle circus performer melodrama ("Behind the Scenes of Circus Life"; from the story by by Benjamin Christensen; a wild story of a young girl who falls in love with a handsome pickpocket, but he is sent to jail, and desperate, she goes to work in a circus, doing a high wire act over an open lion cage; the lion tamer falls in love with her, but his girlfriend is insanely jealous, and she sabotages the high wire, and the girl falls and is severely injured; seven years later, the pickpocket is released from jail and becomes an honest shoemaker and marries his former girlfriend; but when he learns about what the lion tamer did, he seeks revenge, but discovers that the man was injured during the war and has become a blind beggar!) starring Norma Shearer, Charles Emmett Mack, Carmel Myers, John Miljan, and Claire McDowell. Note that a February 6th, 1926 Film Daily article mentioned that Karl Dane was one of the cast, but his scenes were removed from the final film. We are not sure what his role would have been but we have seen stills featuring Dane in a black & white Pierrot clown costume. Finally, note that acclaimed Danish director Benjamin Christensen came to the U.S. in 1926 and directed this movie, followed by six more. Three of the seven films are lost. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still measures 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm]. Note that this still has a stamp on the back in the form of a diamond that has "TRR" running down the center. One certainly might wonder who placed this stamp there and why. The answer is that the still (and many others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from a still collector who has collected for many decades, and long ago he began stamping the back of his stills with this stamp, and "TRR" is his initials! Each of the stills is stamped lightly, and the stamp does NOT affect the front of the still. He is a VERY advanced collector, and he has consigned many wonderful stills to us! Condition: very good. There are faint creases and scuffs around the edges, but they are mostly only noticeable when the still is tilted to the light. Learn More about condition grades 
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