The Circus Show-Up (1932)

The Circus Show-Up (1932)

1932-02-17 United States of America 18 Min. PG-13
7.5 2 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Sally Blane is Maisie
Russell Hopton is Billy Dooley
Billy Dooley
Paul Nicholson is Monaghan
William Halligan is Detective Hickey
Detective Hickey
Polly Ann Young is Irene Duval
Irene Duval
Allan Forrest is The Hypnotist
The Hypnotist
Martin Faust is Yarrow - the Concessionaire (as Martin J. Faust)
Yarrow - the Concessionaire (as Martin J. Faust)
David Leo Tillotson is Bobby - Irene Duval's Little Boy (as David Tillotson)
Bobby - Irene Duval's Little Boy (as David Tillotson)
John George is Roustabout (uncredited)
Roustabout (uncredited)
Frank Readick is The Shadow (voice)
The Shadow (voice)