Swing High (1930)

  • NR
  • 05/18/1930 (US)
  • Music, Drama
  • 1h 35m

With an all-star cast of sixteen

Overview

To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.

James Seymour

Writer

Joseph Santley

Director, Writer

Cast

Helen Twelvetrees's headshot

Helen Twelvetrees

Maryan
Fred Scott's headshot

Fred Scott

Garry
Dorothy Burgess's headshot

Dorothy Burgess

Trixie
John Sheehan's headshot

John Sheehan

Doc May
Daphne Pollard's headshot

Daphne Pollard

Mrs. May
George Fawcett's headshot

George Fawcett

Pop Garner
Bryant Washburn's headshot

Bryant Washburn

Ringmaster Joe
Bryant Washburn's headshot

Bryant Washburn

Billy

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