Call Of The Circus

Overblown early talkie melodrama starring Bushman as an ex-clown who has retired to become a horticulturist. The man is obsessed with his flowers and ignores his wife, a former circus widow whose marriage to Bushman was arranged. The woman has learned to love the grouchy clown but Bushman is not happy with the marriage and targets his stepson to feel his wrath. The boy gets fed up with the abuse and goes back to the circus. Soon after, Bushma saves the life of a young woman during a vicious storm. The girl is grateful and Bushman misinterprets her affection for him as love. He falls hard for the younger woman but is soon called away on a trip. In his absence the wi...