An elaborate costume melodrama that featured romantic idol Ronald Colman in the dual roles of an evil prince and a circus clown, and exotic Vilma Banky as a trapeze artist.
Lovers Tito (Colman) and Bianca (Banky) are performers with Baretti's Circus, which travels from town to town. Bianca attracts the eye of the corrupt Prince of Illyria (Colman), who lures her to his hotel room with a forged letter. Her acrobatic skills allow her to escape through a window, but
Tito -- who has come to rescue her -- accidentally kills the Prince, who falls from the same window into the sea. Tito is terrified, but his uncanny resemblance to the dead man offers a way out: The hot...
Released:
1927
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins