# The Day The Clown Cried - 27 Minutes of assembled footage

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**Created:** [December 28, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-27-minutes-of-assembled-footage/1012285 "2024-12-28T23:38:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-27-minutes-of-assembled-footage/1012285/6 "2024-12-29T00:05:51Z")

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We had some discussion of this a few months ago; apparently this footage was in a couple documentaries:

> [@The Day the Clown Cried](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried/69413/):
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> I have been tasked by my friends to locate a copy of this Lewis [Masterpiece](http://www.filmthreat.com/Features.asp?File=FeaturesOne.inc&Id=258). Anyone have a line on it? The Screenplay perhaps? Anyone?

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