Sally of the Sawdust backdrop
Sally of the Sawdust

Sally of the Sawdust

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Starring Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields

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.