Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928 film)
| Tillie's Punctured Romance | |
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| Directed by | A. Edward Sutherland |
| Produced by | Al Christie(aka Christie Film Company) |
| Written by |
Monte Brice Keene Thompson |
| Starring |
W. C. Fields Louise Fazenda Chester Conklin Mack Swain Grant Withers Tom Kennedy Babe London |
| Cinematography |
Charles P. Boyle William Wheeler |
| Edited by | Arthur Huffsmith |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tillie's Punctured Romance is a 1928 circus comedy starring W. C. Fields as a ringmaster and Louise Fazenda as a runaway. Written by Monte Brice and Keene Thompson and directed by A. Edward Sutherland, this movie has nothing to do with the revered 1914 Charles Chaplin film aside from sharing the same title. However, Chester Conklin and Mack Swain appear in both films.
Plot synopsis
Tillie is a runaway who goes to Frisbee's Colossal Circus, with lions, a ringmaster that wants to take over the circus from the owner, a strong woman, a girl with "a voice of gold and an arm of iron." The group decides to go to the French trenches during World War I in order to entertain the troops, but they all get caught up in a draft and end up serving the German Army as privates while facing the Allies.
Cast
- W.C. Fields ... Ringmaster
- Louise Fazenda ... Tillie, a Runaway
- Chester Conklin ... Circus Owner
- Mack Swain ... Tillie's Father
- Doris Hill ... Heroine
- Grant Withers ... Hero
- Tom Kennedy ... Property Man
- Babe London ... Strong Woman
- Billy Platt ... Midget (billed as William Platt)
- Michael Raffetto ... (uncredited)