The Little Clown

The Little Clown

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 3, 1921

Mary Miles Minter is the title character. Pat (Minter) is a little orphan who has been raised around the circus. Her foster father is Toto the clown (Neely Edwards). Toto hopes to marry Pat until the day the circus comes to a Southern town and she meets handsome Dick Beverley (Jack Mulhall). Beverley falls in love with Pat and takes a job as trick rider just to be near her. Beverley's aristocratic parents (Winter Hall and Helen Dunbar) find out about his new job and insist that he come home. Two of the five reels survive.

The Little Clown

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 3, 1921

The Little Clown
Mary Miles Minter is the title character. Pat (Minter) is a little orphan who has been raised around the circus. Her foster father is Toto the clown (Neely Edwards). Toto hopes to marry Pat until the day the circus comes to a Southern town and she meets handsome Dick Beverley (Jack Mulhall). Beverley falls in love with Pat and takes a job as trick rider just to be near her. Beverley's aristocratic parents (Winter Hall and Helen Dunbar) find out about his new job and insist that he come home. Two of the five reels survive.
Producers Realart Pictures Corporation
Original title The Little Clown
Directors Thomas N. Heffron
Writers Eugene B. Lewis, Avery Hopwood

Cast

Jack Mulhall

as Dick Beverley

Winter Hall

as Colonel Beverley

Helen Dunbar

as Mrs. Beverley

Cameron C. Coffey

as Roddy Beverley (as Cameron Coffey)

Neely Edwards

as Toto

Wilton Taylor

as Jim Anderson

Lucien Littlefield

as Connie Potts

Zelma Maja

as Liz

Laura Anson

as Nellie Johnson