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==Production== ===Development=== Chaplin first began discussing his ideas for a film about a circus as early as 1920.<ref>{{cite book|last=Milton|first=Joyce|year=1998|title=Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=0-306-80831-5|page=256}}</ref> In late 1925, he returned from New York to California and began working on developing the film at [[Charlie Chaplin Studios]]. Set designer Danny Hall [[Storyboard|sketched]] out Chaplin's early ideas for the film, with Chaplin returning to one of his older films, ''[[The Vagabond (1916 film)|The Vagabond]]'' (1916), and drawing upon similar story ideas and themes for ''The Circus''.<ref name="Ede">{{cite video|people=Ede, François (director); Kusturica, Emir; Chaplin, Charlie|date=2003|title=Chaplin Today: The Circus|medium=DVD|location=France|publisher=Association Chaplin, France 5, MK2TV, Warner Bros.}}</ref><ref name="The Vagabond">{{cite web |title=Charlie Chaplin : The Vagabond |url=https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/films/22-The-Vagabond |website=www.charliechaplin.com |access-date=November 3, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Chaplin was a long time admirer of French comedian [[Max Linder]], who had died in October 1925, and often borrowed gags and plot devices from Linder's films. Some critics have pointed out the similarities between ''The Circus'' and Linder's last completed film ''[[The King of the Circus]]''.<ref>Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 1. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1987. p. 675.</ref> ===Filming=== Filming began on January 11, 1926, and the majority was completed by November.<ref>Lynn 1997, p. 308.</ref><ref name="Mitch58">Mitchell 1997, p. 58.</ref> After the first month of filming, it was discovered that the [[film negative]] had been scratched; restoration work was able to eventually adjust the negative.<ref name="Mitch57">Mitchell 1997, p. 57.</ref> A major fire broke out at Chaplin's studios in September, delaying production for a month.<ref name="Mitch57"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Flom|first=Eric L.|year=1997|title=Chaplin in the Sound Era: An Analysis of the Seven Talkies|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-0325-X|page=34}}</ref> Chaplin was served with divorce papers by [[Lita Grey]] in December, and litigation delayed the release of the film for another year.
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