Carnival

77 minutes

2/15/1935

Overview

"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.

Cast List

Lee Tracy
as Chick Thompson
Sally Eilers
as Daisy
Jimmy Durante
as Fingers
Florence Rice
as Miss Holbrook
Thomas E. Jackson
as Mac
Dickie Walters
as Poochy
Beverly Jean Gardner
as Baby
Gene O'Brien
Billy Smith
John Aasen
as Circus Giant
Ernie Adams
as Barker
Betty Alden
as Nurse
Oscar Apfel
as Mr. Lawson
Jessie Arnold
as Woman
Lucille Ball
as Nurse
Helen Barclay
as Nurse
T. Roy Barnes
as Salesman
Arthur Belasco
as Guard
Stanley Blystone
as Detective
Wade Boteler
as Sheriff
George Brasno
as Midget
Olive Brasno
as Midget
Sheila Bromley
as Puppet Assistant
Burr Caruth
as Justice of the Peace
Ricardo Lord Cezon
as Baby
Inez Courtney
as Girl
Helen Dickson
as Woman
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)
A.R. Haysel
as Conductor
Howard Hickman
as Doctor
Paul Hurst
as Policeman
William Irving
as Waiter
Selmer Jackson
as Baby Judge
Gladys Joyner
as Woman
Fred Kelsey
as Bit Part
Violet Knights
as Small Town Woman
Isabel La Mal
as Woman
Edward LeSaint
as Hospital Superintendent
Lucien Littlefield
as Minor Role
J.P. Lockney
as Small Town Man
Eva McKenzie
as Mother
Doris McMahan
as Girl
Arthur Millett
as Los Angeles Cop
Frank Mills
as Barker
Geneva Mitchell
as Nurse
Ada Mae Moore
as Snake Charmer
Lee Moran
as Barker
Edward Mundin
as Technical Advisor
Vester Pegg
as Small Town Man
Evelyn Pierce
as Girl
Frank Rico
as Clown
Charles Sabin
as Intern
C. Montague Shaw
as Baby Judge
Dorothy Shearer
as Woman
Kathryn Sheldon
as Woman
Cora Beach Shumway
as Woman
Bert Starkey
as Barker
Ben Taggart
as Policeman
Phil Tead
as Barker
Billie Van Every
as Girl
Marie Wells
as Woman
Lillian West
as Nurse
Cecil Weston
as Small Town Woman
Bert Wilson
as Tattooed Man
Lillian Worth
as Half Man-Half Woman