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Lola Montès

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Biopic of adventuress Lola Montès, raised to the nobility by the King of Bavaria, who ended up as a small circus attraction in New Orleans after having been romantically involved with famous European men.

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Keep Your Grin Up

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Casper the Friendly Ghost goes to the circus and frightens the performers. He then saves a laughing hyena from a cruel ringmaster. But he hyena is sad. Casper does all kinds of tricks to make the hyena laugh, including juggling and eating fire, with no luck. Then, when the trainer returns with another threat, Casper pops him with a whip, and the hyena begins laughing again…

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Life is a circus

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Ailing circus artists discover a magic lamp and decide to use it to save the business.

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(Night tide) Marée nocturne

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A young sailor falls in love with a woman performing as a mermaid at the local carnival. He soon discovers that her previous boyfriends have all drowned under mysterious circumstances… Would she really be a mythic creature from the depths of sea ?

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L'Enfant du cirque (Il figlio del circo) (II)

Title L'Enfant du cirque (Il figlio del circo) (II)
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Young Rocco is abused by his drunken father and neglected by his step-mother. He flees and seeks refuge with his friend and circus tightrope walker Flip. Rocco has a beautiful voice and Flip, as a former famous tenor, will teach him how to sing. Rocco then meets a manager and gets a contract… That is when his father barges in.

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The Ape Woman (La donna scimmia/ Le Mari de la femme à barbe)

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A modest Napolitan guy meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. He then receives a tempting offer from a French manager.

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Les Pas du tigres (A Tiger Walks)

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A mistreated Bengal tiger named Raja escapes from a traveling circus and hides in the woods bordering the small town of Scotia. The newcomer starts a panic, the townsfolk want Raja killed with the exception of sheriff's daughter Julie Williams, who wishes to capture Raja and put it in a zoo. To raise enough money to purchase Raja from the circus, she starts a campaign with a slogan ‘Save the Tiger’ to rally children across the nation in the tiger's defense, resulting in national attention brought to the sleepy town.

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Yoyo

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A 1920s millionaire lives in a huge old palace and has everything he fancies, yet he is not happy. One day a circus comes by, and there she is, the horserider he secretly loved before she disappeared, years ago! She tells him that the little boy who is already playing as a clown is his son. When the Great Depression occurs, rendering him both poor and free, he joins the traveling circus and hits the road with his little family. The little boy becomes clown Yo-yo. Time goes, WWII breaks out and Yo-yo now a successful producer can buy back his father's palace in decay.

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