UNDER THE BIG TOP (1938) Marjorie Main, Anne Nagel, Jack LaRue | Action, Drama, Romance | B&W

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

SYNOPSIS
A pretty young circus trapeze artist is pushed by her domineering aunt to be the best aerialist in the world. When she begins to fall for one of the two men in her act, her mother determines to break up the romance. So does the other trapeze artist, who is also in love with her.

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 & CREW
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

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