Short film

The drunk gentleman Mr. Pest goes to the music-hall. He has a hard time trying to find his seat, more than once mussing up already seated members of the audience as well the orchestra musicians. At the same time, M. Rowdy, another spectator who sat in the gallery, sometimes unintendedly disrupts the sequence of numbers performed on scene, among which a snake charmer, an Oriental dancer, a fire breather.

Two young girls and their cousin meet an acrobat that they see again later on as a member of a circus. The hazards and adventures of two young girls dying for a career in circus. As Fred Morris takes them under his wing, both will become famous trapezists.

L'aventure d'un acrobate de cirque masqué

A man goes out West to escape a forced marriage. There he meets a horsewoman.

The adventures of Buffalo Bill, shown riding a horse, bull riding and lassoing running horses.

A clown takes in a little girl and decides to teach her his trade.

A young lieutenant falls in love with a circus horserider. He leaves the army to join the circus and soon becomes the idol of the crowds. His interest in every other woman makes the horserider seek vengeance.

Orphan Ted falls in love with a circus and becomes its stowaway. He is discovered the following day, dragged out of his empty wagon… But as he is about to be thrown out, he is rescued by one of the circus artists, whose life he will eventually save. He will also ensure his fortune.

A man and a woman, who first met at a circus years before as kids, meet again as adults. A love story then develops between Lillie and Tom, an abused child who became a lawyer.