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
Wade Boteler
as Sheriff
Helen Jerome Eddy
as Dr. Hodges
Jim Farley
as Detective
Isabel La Mal
as Woman
Marie Wells
as Woman
Lee Tracy
as Chick Thompson
Jessie Arnold
as Woman
Inez Courtney
as Girl
C. Montague Shaw
as Baby Judge
Lee Moran
as Barker
John Aasen
as Circus Giant
Lucille Ball
as Nurse
Budd Fine
as Fireman
Geneva Mitchell
as Nurse
Ernie Adams
as Barker
J.P. Lockney
as Small Town Man
Mabel Forrest
as Woman
Evelyn Pierce
as Girl
Lillian Worth
as Half Man-Half Woman
Sheila Bromley
as Puppet Assistant
Paul Hurst
as Policeman
Frank Mills
as Barker
Jimmy Durante
as Fingers
T. Roy Barnes
as Salesman
William Irving
as Waiter
Fred Kelsey
as Bit Part
Florence Rice
as Miss Holbrook
Eddie Fetherston
as Barker
Brenda Fowler
as Baby Judge
Ben Taggart
as Policeman
Phil Tead
as Barker
Edward LeSaint
as Hospital Superintendent
Lucien Littlefield
as Minor Role
Lillian West
as Nurse
Thomas E. Jackson
as Mac
Selmer Jackson
as Baby Judge
Stanley Blystone
as Detective
Howard Hickman
as Doctor
Kathryn Sheldon
as Woman
Sally Eilers
as Daisy
Oscar Apfel
as Mr. Lawson
Gladys Gale
as Baby Judge (uncredited)