Movie Description
The Merry-Go-Round
(1919)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
Cast
Gypsy / Susie Alice Pomeroy
Jack Hamilton
Ezekial Powers
Andrew Pomeroy
Mrs. Pomeroy
Charles Merryweather
Jerry Crump
Carlotta the Gypsy Queen
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Facts
Original TitleThe Merry-Go-Round
Status Released
Release Information
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1919-09-21
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 50m
Production CompaniesFox Film Corporation
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
