The Little Clown (1921)

The Little Clown

1921

Drama Comedy

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Thomas N. Heffron

Cast

Cameron C. Coffey as Roddy Beverley (as Cameron Coffey)

Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Beverley

Jack Mulhall as Dick Beverley

Laura Anson as Nellie Johnson

Lucien Littlefield as Connie Potts

Mary Miles Minter as Pat

Neely Edwards as Toto

Wilton Taylor as Jim Anderson