The Side Show of Life
1924 film poster, likenesses of Ernest Torrence and Anna Q. Nilsson
Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Screenplay by	Scenarios: Willis Goldbeck Julie Herne
Based on	The Mountebank (novel) by William J. Locke The Mountebank (play) by Ernest Denny
Produced by	Herbert Brenon Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor
Starring	Ernest Torrence Neil Hamilton
Cinematography	James Wong Howe
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	July 21, 1924 (1924-07-21) (New York City) September 1, 1924 (1924-09-01) (Nationwide)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Side Show of Life is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by Herbert Brenon and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1920 novel The Mountebank by William J. Locke, which had been turned into a play by Ernest Denny.

Cast

Production

Ernest Torrence stars in the role of a clown during World War I which is similar to that of Lon Chaney's in He Who Gets Slapped, released that same year, and in Laugh, Clown, Laugh, released four years later. Norman Trevor starred in the Broadway play in 1923.^[1]

Preservation

A seemingly unobtainable print of The Side Show of Life survives in the Gosfilmofond archive, Moscow.^[2]