Sally of the Sawdust

D.W. Griffith's circus comedy.

Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Professor McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love. When Sally is arrested McGargle proves her real parentage.

Comedy Romance Drama

Carol Dempster

(Sally)

W.C. Fields

(Professor Eustance McGargle)

Alfred Lunt

(Peyton Lennox)

Erville Alderson

(Judge Henry L. Foster)

Effie Shannon

(Mrs. Foster)

Charles Hammond

(Lennox, Sr.)

Roy Applegate

(Detective)

Glenn Anders

(Leon - the Acrobat (as Glen Anders))

Florence Fair

(Miss Vinton)

Marie Shotwell

(Society Lady)

William 'Shorty' Blanche

(Stooge)

Steve Murphy

(Bandit)

Jill Rainsford

Tammany Young

(Yokel in the Old Army Game)