the plot of sally of the sawdust is the usual melodramatic stuff  an orphan and rags to riches  but the film rises above most silents thanks to three people represent this is not and of course and d. w. griffith masterpiece and but it does showcase his film making savvy in full maturity. he uses all his innovations and which are techniques we take for granted now represent close ups and cross cutting and a mobile camera and and the ability to modify acting from theatrical exaggeration to cinematic subtlety. w. c. fields also showcases his skills  not his signature gruff delivery and but his remarkable dexterity as a physical comedian. he does a few inventive juggling acts and cut too short to be fully appreciated and and some very deft pickpocketing and but it seems that every prop that comes within reach gets manipulated for comic effect  hat and cane and car roof and dog and cash. he a joy to behold. finally and there carol dempster. much has been said against this actress and but her performance here is also richly comic. she was 22 at the time and playing a teenager and and her approach to the role is a combination of grace and awkwardness that may not be wholly convincing and but she truly engages the eye when she on screen  particularly when she dancing. she not a beauty though she positively luminous in the one scene where she gussied up like a talmadge sister  but her plainness only adds to sally character and especially in the many moments when she shows very obvious affection for fields as her guardian or father. few and if any and hollywood performers could compete with fields when it came to comedy and but griffith gives his leading lady every chance to match her co star and and dempster absolutely holds her own. 
the plot of sally of the sawdust is the usual melodramatic stuff  an orphan and rags to riches  but the film rises above most silents thanks to three people represent this is not and of course and d. w. griffith masterpiece and but it does showcase his film making savvy in full maturity. he uses all his innovations and which are techniques we take for granted now represent close ups and cross cutting and a mobile camera and and the ability to modify acting from theatrical exaggeration to cinematic subtlety. w. c. fields also showcases his skills  not his signature gruff delivery and but his remarkable dexterity as a physical comedian. he does a few inventive juggling acts and cut too short to be fully appreciated and and some very deft pickpocketing and but it seems that every prop that comes within reach gets manipulated for comic effect  hat and cane and car roof and dog and cash. he a joy to behold. finally and there carol dempster. much has been said against this actress and but her performance here is also richly comic. she was 22 at the time and playing a teenager and and her approach to the role is a combination of grace and awkwardness that may not be wholly convincing and but she truly engages the eye when she on screen  particularly when she dancing. she not a beauty though she positively luminous in the one scene where she gussied up like a talmadge sister  but her plainness only adds to sally character and especially in the many moments when she shows very obvious affection for fields as her guardian or father. few and if any and hollywood performers could compete with fields when it came to comedy and but griffith gives his leading lady every chance to match her co star and and dempster absolutely holds her own. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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