Carnival
Carnival
Release: 1935-02-15
·Runtime: 77m
Romance
Comedy
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Lee Tracy
as Chick Thompson
Sally Eilers
as Daisy
Jimmy Durante
as Fingers
Florence Rice
as Miss Holbrook
Thomas E. Jackson
as Mac
John Aasen
as Circus Giant
Ernie Adams
as Barker
Oscar Apfel
as Mr. Lawson
Jessie Arnold
as Woman
Lucille Ball
as Nurse
T. Roy Barnes
as Salesman
Stanley Blystone
as Detective
Wade Boteler
as Sheriff
Sheila Bromley
as Puppet Assistant
Inez Courtney
as Girl
Helen Jerome Eddy
as Dr. Hodges
Jim Farley
as Detective
Eddie Fetherston
as Barker
Budd Fine
as Fireman
Mabel Forrest
as Woman
Brenda Fowler
as Baby Judge
Gladys Gale
as Baby Judge (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
as Doctor
Paul Hurst
as Policeman
William Irving
as Waiter
Selmer Jackson
as Baby Judge
Fred Kelsey
as Bit Part
Isabel La Mal
as Woman
Edward LeSaint
as Hospital Superintendent
Lucien Littlefield
as Minor Role
J.P. Lockney
as Small Town Man
Frank Mills
as Barker
Geneva Mitchell
as Nurse
Lee Moran
as Barker
Evelyn Pierce
as Girl
C. Montague Shaw
as Baby Judge
Kathryn Sheldon
as Woman
Ben Taggart
as Policeman
Phil Tead
as Barker
Marie Wells
as Woman
Lillian West
as Nurse
Lillian Worth
as Half Man-Half Woman