Under the Big Top

Not to be confused with Under the Big Top (Canada's Drag Race).

Under the Big Top is a 1938 American film directed by Karl Brown.

Under the Big Top
Directed by	Karl Brown
Written by	Karl Brown (screenplay) Llewellyn Hughes (story) Marion Orth (writer)
Produced by	William T. Lackey (as William Lackey)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by	Russell F. Schoengarth
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	August 31, 1938 (1938-08-31)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A trapeze artist girl in a circus is persistently demanded by her aunt to be the best in the business. She falls in love with one of the men in her trapeze act, but her mother works to break up the romance. Then another trapeze artist falls in love with her and also works to break up the romance.

Cast

• Marjorie Main as Sara Post
• Anne Nagel as Penny
• Jack La Rue as Ricardo Le Grande
• Grant Richards as Pablo Le Grande
• Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Juba
• Betty Compson as Marie
• Herbert Rawlinson as Herman
• George Cleveland as Joe
• Rolfe Sedan as Pierre
• Charlene Wyatt as Penny - as a child
• Harry Harvey as McCarthy

External links

• Under the Big Top at IMDb
• Under the Big Top is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• TMC Under the Big Top