Fan Casting THE SEVEN FACES (or THE CIRCUS) OF DOCTOR LAO

In this remake of the 1964 movie (which won an Honorary Oscar for achievement in makeup effects), in the Western town of Abalone during the time when motor cars were first being used, a mysterious man from China named Dr. Lao arrives promoting a circus like no other where attendees will illusions beyond their wild imaginations. The performers include the wizard Merlin, Pan, Medusa, a fortuneteller predicting people's failures, and a talking snake with uncanny resemblances. Many of the surly citizens dismiss the magic acts as fake, except for a newspaper editor who's looking for a good story, a widowed librarian and the librarian's young son who wants to join Dr. Lao's circus.