Sally of the Sawdust

(1925)

113 minutes.

Comedy

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Carol Dempster, W. C. Fields and Alfred Lunt

Based on the play ‘Poppy’ and remade by W.C. Fields in 1936 under that name.

W.C. Fields, in his third film, plays confidence man Professor Eustace McGargle, who becomes the unlikely guardian of an orphaned circus waif, Carol Dempster.  He tries to return Sally to her wealthy and esteemed grandfather, who does not like show folk.