Synopsis
Director Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus boss who raises her orphaned niece to be a trapeze star.
Movie Information
- Director
- Karl Brown
- Writers
- Marion Orth
- Release Year
- 1938
- Runtime
- 63 minutes
- Genre
- Romance, Drama
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (3 votes)
Top Cast
Marjorie Main
Sara Post
Anne Nagel
Penny
Jack La Rue
Ricardo Le Grande
Grant Richards
Pablo Le Grande
George Cleveland
Joe
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Juba
Herbert Rawlinson
Herman
Charlene Wyatt
Penny (as a child)
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