SIDE-SHOW CARNIVAL LIFE
Directed by the most consistent ot all directors, George Fitzmaurice, “The Barker," with Milton Sills in the leading role, is unusually colourful entertainment. Revealing the inside story of side-show carnival life, the dramatic elements are strong and the portrayal of the main theme, father and son devotion and conflict, is unusually The rather exotic plot, which has very vigorous qualities, is based on a revengeful intrigue, where one of the “vamps” of the side show is induced to “get” the hero, and falls in love with him before she realises it. All the irresistible colour and fascination of the nomadic life of the vivacious sideshow people is painted unerringly, and the dozens of deft touches in the handling make the direction outstandin§’ills is very forceful, and Betty Compson and Dorothy MacKaill, the latter as a vivid snake-charmer, are responsible for really splendid work.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 508, 10 November 1928, Page 15
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146SIDE-SHOW CARNIVAL LIFE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 508, 10 November 1928, Page 15
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