Under the Big Top (1938)
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.
Director:
Karl Brown
Writer:
Marion Orth
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Marjorie Main as Sara Post |
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Anne Nagel as Penny |
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Jack La Rue as Ricardo Le Grande |
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Grant Richards as Pablo Le Grande |
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George Cleveland as Joe |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Juba |
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Herbert Rawlinson as Herman |
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Charlene Wyatt as Penny (as a child) |
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Harry Harvey as McCarthy |
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Betty Compson as Marie |
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Rolfe Sedan as Pierre |
| Directing | Karl Brown | Director |
| Writing | Marion Orth | Screenplay |
| Writing | Llewellyn Hughes | Original Story |