The Circus Show-Up

The Circus Show-Up

18 mins | Mystery | Feb. 17, 1932

The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.

The Circus Show-Up

18 mins | Mystery | Feb. 17, 1932

The Circus Show-Up
The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.
Producers Bryan Foy Productions
Original title The Circus Show-Up
Directors Lewis Seiler
Writers

Cast

Sally Blane

as Maisie

Russell Hopton

as Billy Dooley

Paul Nicholson

as Monaghan

William Halligan

as Detective Hickey

Polly Ann Young

as Irene Duval

Neely Edwards

as Tony

Allan Forrest

as The Hypnotist

Martin Faust

as Yarrow - the Concessionaire (as Martin J. Faust)

David Leo Tillotson

as Bobby - Irene Duval's Little Boy (as David Tillotson)

John George

as Roustabout (uncredited)

Frank Readick

as The Shadow (voice)