Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mua i te tono whakawa whakarere, kua tīmata a Chaplin ki te mahi i tētahi pikitia hou, "The Circus". I hangaia e ia he kōrero e pā ana ki te whakaaro o te haere i runga i te taura whitiki i te wā e whakaekehia ana e ngā mōrearea, ā, ka huri i te Wharekarakia hei whetū ohorere o te tākere. I whakatārewatia te kiriata mo te tekau marama i a ia e mahi ana i te taupatupatu whakarere, a, he mahinga raruraru te nuinga. I te mutunga ka oti i te Oketopa 1927, ka tukuna a "The Circus" i te Hanuere 1928 ki te manako pai. I te
I te 1st Academy Awards, i whakawhiwhia a Chaplin ki tetahi tohu motuhake "Mo te tinihanga me te mohio ki te mahi, tuhi, whakahaere me te whakaputa i te "The Circus"". Ahakoa tona angitu, i hono tonu ia ki te kiriata me te ahotea o tana mahi; I whakarerea e Chaplin "Te Circus" mai i tana pukapuka, a i kaha ki te mahi i a ia i te wa i tuhi ai ia i te puoro i ona tau whakamutunga.