Sally of the sawdust (Motion picture)

Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, an orphaned waif. Juggling and conning lead to a climax complete with an automobile race-to-the-rescue chase scene.

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"Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, an orphaned waif. Juggling and conning lead to a climax complete with an automobile race-to-the-rescue chase scene."
"Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, an orphaned waif. Juggling and conning lead to a climax complete with an automobile race-to-the-rescue chase scene."@en
"W.C. Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, in his first and most famous silent feature film. Producer D.W. Griffith's only full-fledged comedy."@en
"Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, in his first and most famous silent feature film. Juggling and conning, he eventually finds himself wanted by the police and harrassed by bootleggers climaxing the film with an automobile race-to-the-rescue chase scene. This film marks a departure from the austere moral dramas in which D.W. Griffith specialized, demonstrating his talent for warm-hearted comedy."@en
"A carnival barker/conman becomes an unlikely guardian for an orphaned circus waif. When he tries to return the child to her wealthy but contemptuous grandparents he finds himself suddenly being chased by both sides of the law."
"A carnival barker/conman becomes an unlikely guardian for an orphaned circus waif. When he tries to return the child to her wealthy but contemptuous grandparents he finds himself suddenly being chased by both sides of the law."@en
"Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, in his first and most famous silent feature film. Producer D.W. Griffith's only full-fledged comedy."@en
"W.C. Fields stars as a lovable con man who becomes the unlikely guardian of an orphaned circus waif (Carol Dempster)."@en
"Story of a fast talker who works for the circus and the girl he has raised since her mother died years ago. When he leaves the circus he becomes involved in gambling, she assists him. As they get in trouble with the law, he decides to take her to her grandparents, but is not pleased with what he sees. The young woman becomes romantically involved with a wealthy young man, and the grandparents come to accept both of them as people deserving reasonable treatment."
"Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, in his first and most famous silent feature film."
"Een kermisartiest probeert zijn voogdijkind op de plaats in de maatschappij te krijgen waar zij thuis hoort, omdat hij weet wie haar rijke grootouders zijn."
"Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love. When Sally is arrested McGargle proves her real parentage."
"In his first and most famous silent vehicle, Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival con man who has adopted young Sally. His schemes of juggling, bootlegging and shell games put Sally in danger and lead to a climax complete with an automobile race-to-the-rescue chase sequence."
"Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, in his first and most famous silent feature film. Juggling and conning lead to a climax complete with an automobile race-to-the-rescue chase scene."@en
"Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, in his first and most famous silent feature film. Juggling and conning lead to a climax complete with an automobile race-to-the-rescue chase scene."
"The Silent Years: Introduction by Orson Welles: This is an introduction to D.W. Griffith's Sally of the Sawdust by Orson Welles from the 1971 PBS television series. The Silent Years.Original Trailer: This is the original trailer for D.W. Griffith's Sally of the Sawdust."@en