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The Merry-Go-Round
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Edmund Lawrence

Cast: Peggy Hyland [Gypsy / Susie Alice Pomeroy], Jack Mulhall [Jack Hamilton], Edward Jobson [Ezekial Powers], Edwin B. Tilton [Andrew Pomeroy], Vera Lewis [Mrs. Pomeroy], Robert Walker [Charles Merryweather], Willard Louis [Jerry Crump], Lule Warrenton [Carlotta, the gypsy queen], Joe Martin the chimpanzee

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [An Excel Picture; Fox Entertainments]. / Scenario by Douglas Bronston, from a screen story by [?] Richard Washburn Child and/or Philip E. Hubbard? Cinematography by Frank B. Good. Presented by William Fox. / © 21 September 1919 by William Fox [LP14209]. Released 21 September 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Chimpanzees - Circuses

Listing updated: 7 December 2024.

References: ClasIm-225 p. 47 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.