LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928).

The storyline while in the movie exhibits this. Chaplin’s tramp falls in love with Merna, who returns his passion. Then, a tightrope walker named Rex (played by Henry Bergman) arrives onto the scene and Merna immediately falls in enjoy with him. Why? Because his act is daring and unsafe while Chaplin’s clown act has considerably less prestige.