Movie
The Little Clown
Released: March 3, 1921 (1921)
Runtime: 50 minutes
Genres: Drama, Comedy
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Beverley
Age at release: 57
- Wilton Taylor as Jim Anderson
Age at release: 52
- Winter Hall as Colonel Beverley
Age at release: 48
- Neely Edwards as Toto
Age at release: 37
- Jack Mulhall as Dick Beverley
Age at release: 33
- Laura Anson as Nellie Johnson
Age at release: 29
- Lucien Littlefield as Connie Potts
Age at release: 25
- Mary Miles Minter as Pat
Age at release: 18
- Cameron C. Coffey as Roddy Beverley (as Cameron Coffey)
Age at release: 10
- Zelma Maja as Liz
Age at release: Unknown