The Biggest Show on Earth(1918)
Raised in a circus company, a young girl finds herself unhappily out of place at an upper class finishing school. She struggles to fit in with the young ladies of society, but it is her handiness with dangerous animals that finally breaks her through.
Movie: The Biggest Show on Earth
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Roxie Kemp
Marjorie Trent
Nat Kemp
Ross
Owen Trent
Col. Jeffrey Trent
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Raised in a circus company, a young girl finds herself unhappily out of place at an upper class finishing school. She struggles to fit in with the young ladies of society, but it is her handiness with dangerous animals that finally breaks her through.
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1918-04-28
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