THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

The storyline inside the movie exhibits this. Chaplin’s tramp falls in really like with Merna, who returns his passion. Then, a tightrope walker named Rex (performed by Henry Bergman) arrives on to the scene and Merna instantly falls in like with him. Why? Mainly because his act is daring and harmful though Chaplin’s clown act has less Status.