Under the Big Top (1938)

  • NR
  • 08/31/1938 (US)
  • Romance, Drama
  • 1h 3m

High flying adventure!

Overview

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.

Karl Brown

Director

Marion Orth

Screenplay

Cast

Marjorie Main's headshot

Marjorie Main

Sara Post
Anne Nagel's headshot

Anne Nagel

Penny
Jack La Rue's headshot

Jack La Rue

Ricardo Le Grande
Grant Richards's headshot

Grant Richards

Pablo Le Grande
George Cleveland's headshot

George Cleveland

Joe
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones's headshot

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Juba
Herbert Rawlinson's headshot

Herbert Rawlinson

Herman
Charlene Wyatt's headshot

Charlene Wyatt

Penny (as a child)

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