Hoop-La (1919)
Hoop-La, the beautiful star of Minor's Mammoth Circus, a one-ring affair which tours county fairs and small towns, delights crowds with her bare-back riding, trapeze acts, and clowning. Reared in the confines of the circus by Old Toodles the clown, in accordance with her father's dying request, Hoop-La naively accepts the attentions of good-looking Joe McGee, a cheap horseman, after winning a race for him as a jockey. Tony Barrows, the foppish scion of a wealthy family, falls in love with Hoop-La, but she resents his snobbery and makes faces at him. When Hoop-La learns that her father was wealthy, she secretly marries McGee to save herself from a dull society life, but when she discovers McGee's true character, she promises to keep him supplied with money if he leaves.
- Date of release
- 1919-01-26
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Louis Chaudet
Casting
- Billie Rhodes — Hoop-La Charters
- Bertram Grassby — Tony Barrows
- John B. Cooke — Old Toodles
- Val Paul — Joe McGee
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