The Circus Show-Up (1932)
The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.
Director:
Lewis Seiler
Writer:
Harold Tarshis
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Sally Blane as Maisie |
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Russell Hopton as Billy Dooley |
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Paul Nicholson as Monaghan |
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William Halligan as Detective Hickey |
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Polly Ann Young as Irene Duval |
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Neely Edwards as Tony |
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Allan Forrest as The Hypnotist |
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Martin Faust as Yarrow - the Concessionaire (as Martin J. Faust) |
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David Leo Tillotson as Bobby - Irene Duval's Little Boy (as David Tillotson) |
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John George as Roustabout (uncredited) |
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Frank Readick as The Shadow (voice) |
| Crew | Carl Laemmle | Presenter |
| Directing | Lewis Seiler | Director |
| Production | Stanley Bergerman | Producer |
| Production | Bryan Foy | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Harold Tarshis | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leslie T. White | Story |
| Crew | E. Pilkington | Cinematography |
| Editing | Robert O. Crandall | Editor |