Janet sets out to find her circus ringleader father, who her mother abandoned believing him to be unfaithful. Along the way, Janet and her friend Peter join Colonel Simmonds's circus, she as a trick horse rider and he as a clown, but Janet cannot help but wonder why she finds Simmonds so familiar. The original, feature-length release of "The Sawdust Ring" is not known to survive.
Watch the official The Sawdust Ring 1917 trailer in HD below.
Bessie Love as Janet Magie
Harold Goodwin as Peter Weldon
Jack Richardson as Colonel Simmonds
Josephine Headley as Mrs. Magie
Daisy Dean as Paquita
Alfred Hollingsworth as Steve Weldon
United States 15 July 1917
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