4 Devils (1928)

The circus provides the backdrop for this melodrama that chronicles the lives of four children raised within the big top. Film historian and collector William K. Everson stated that the only surviving print was lost by actress Mary Duncan who had borrowed it from Fox Studios. In the December 1974 issue of "Films in Review," he explained that Mary Duncan, one of the film's stars, wanted it to show to a group of friends in Florida. The star was aware that it was a dangerous nitrate print and assumed that Fox had others. She threw the only copy in the ocean, a mistake characterized by Everson as "a monumental blunder to rank with Balaclava, Sarajevo, and the Fall of Babylon as one of history's blackest moments."

Directing:
  • F.W. Murnau
  • F. W. Murnau

Writing:
  • Carl Mayer
  • Berthold Viertel
  • Marion Orth

Stars:
Release Date: 1928-10-03
themoviedb icon 7.0/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 100
J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell Ma...
The Clown
Charles Morton
Charles Morto...
Charles
Anita Louise
Anita Louise
Louise as a girl
Barry Norton
Barry Norton
Adolf
George Davis
George Davis
Mean Clown
Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor
Marion
Mary Duncan
Mary Duncan
The Lady
Anders Randolf
Anders Randol...
Cecchi
Anne Shirley
Anne Shirley
Marion as a girl
Nancy Drexel
Nancy Drexel
Louise
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