Carnival

Carnival

77 mins | Comedy, Romance | Feb. 15, 1935

"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.

Carnival

77 mins | Comedy, Romance | Feb. 15, 1935

Carnival
"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.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Carnival
Directors Walter Lang
Writers Robert Riskin

Cast

Lee Tracy

as Chick Thompson

Sally Eilers

as Daisy

Jimmy Durante

as Fingers

Florence Rice

as Miss Holbrook

Dickie Walters

as Poochy

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

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

Bert Starkey

as Barker

Ben Taggart

as Policeman

Phil Tead

as Barker

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