Steve Brant, a former pugilist who owns a small circus, makes crude advances toward lovely equestrienne Doraldina; when she resists, he angrily beats her horse. Cowboy Jack Manning happens by and prevents Steve from further injuring the horse.

Is The Circus Cyclone a hidden gem or a dusty relic of a bygone era? Short answer: It is a fascinating, if deeply flawed, piece of pulp history that demands a viewer with a high tolerance for 1920s tropes. This film is for the silent cinema completionist who wants to see Art Acord at the height of his physical powers; ...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Albert S. Rogell

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"Is The Circus Cyclone a hidden gem or a dusty relic of a bygone era? Short answer: It is a fascinating, if deeply flawed, piece of pulp history that demands a viewer with a high tolerance for 1920s tropes. This film is for the silent cinema completionist who wants to see Art Acord at the height of his physical powers; it is most certainly not for anyone who cannot look past the jarring racial caricatures and simplistic moral binaries of the mid-twenties.Direct Assessment: The Good, The Bad, and ..."
Albert S. Rogell
United States

