Frolics at the Circus
About Frolics at the Circus
A circus owner pets Felix outside a tent. A mouse climbs a sleeping elephant, the elephant bolts through the canvas, and the owner blames the mouse. Felix chases it over the tent, gets a bucket on his head and a hose turned on him, and finally flings the mouse into a bird's beak with a rock from a catapult. He then squeaks like a mouse, scares the elephant out of a hollow tree, and leads it back.
Cast & crew
More about Frolics at the Circus
Otto Messmer directed and animated it for Pat Sullivan, and Paramount released it on 26 September 1920. Wikipedia gives 5 minutes.
Themes
Preservation
A print is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The owner says the mouse has done this before.
- The mouse cuts a telephone wire and drops Felix.
- Felix lassos the elephant after the squeak fails to pull him cleanly, in the Wikipedia description of the finish.
Scenes
- The elephant rips the tent and runs.
- A bucket lands on Felix.
- He squeaks at a tree and the elephant comes out.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Frolics at the Circus (1920).webm)
