Noel Mason's vaudevillian skills are appreciated by his younger audience, but he is not making enough money at the children's shows to pay his costs, his old car does not go very well, and he is dyslexic and unable to understand the contracts employers give him. The situation starts to look more hopeful when Noel answers a newspaper advertisement to join an entertainment agency.

"Who is Weary Willie?" explores the life of the once-famous circus character Weary Willie and his st...

This film will trace the emergence of the Killer Clown from historical roots in Italian Opera, to co...

after mourning the passing of his late wife, Bill finds the courage to travel to New York City and r...

Presenter and comedian Andreu Buenafuente interviews Joan Gràcia, Paco Mir and Carles Sans moments a...

The movie follows the clock round as music hall clown Beby takes off his make up, goes home for a me...

DEADBUG meets with VIolent J (Joe Bruce) of Insane Clown Posse (ICP) and discusses his career and li...
Four clowns tour Germany to perform for Syrian refugees.

The documentary “Pagliacci” celebrates – in a poetic way – what it means to be a clown. The film add...

Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and afi...

In Florida, parents can hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their misbehaving children.
Experimental documentary short starring Batato Barea and Peter Pank, filmed in July 1991

Daisy Asquith investigates the mysterious world of children's entertainers.

An account of the life and work of the Spanish clown, mime, acrobat and actor Marcelino Orbés (1873-...

Instructors from the Ringling Bros. Circus Clown College demonstrate juggling instruction, clown act...

One evening, as Ludvik is about to go to bed, he notices that a painting, once owned by his grandfat...

They were originally intended to make us smile, and for the most part they do.. But when they don't ...

Ulrike and Olli meet in 1985 while on tour with Circus Roncalli. He is living his childhood dream as...

Beyond the lights and magic of the ring, this documentary follows the lives of the main stars of com...

An intimate portrait of Mariano "Cronopio" Gedwillo, an Argentinian clown in Riga, as he transforms ...

Two years in a clown school. Against all odds and trends, learning how to make people laugh out at t...