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6.0/10   94 votes
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Director:
Frank Capra
Writers:
James Gleason (play)
Jo Swerling (scenario and dialogue) ...
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Release Date:
3 August 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
The Laugh Sensation of the Season! (original one-sheet poster)
Plot:
After her father's death, Mary Rainey takes over the Rainey Circus (which operates twice daily, rain or shine) but runs into financial troubles... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Joe Cook ... Smiley Johnson
Louise Fazenda ... Frankie, 'The Princess'
Joan Peers ... Mary Rainey
William Collier Jr. ... Bud Conway
Tom Howard ... Amos K. Shrewsberry
Dave Chasen ... Dave
Alan Roscoe ... Dalton, the ringmaster
Adolph Milar ... Foltz, the Lion Tamer
Clarence Muse ... Nero
Nella Walker ... Circus Performer
Edward Martindel ... Mr. Conway
Nora Lane ... Grace Conway
Tyrell Davis ... Lord Gwynne (as Tyrrell Davis)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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Soundtrack:
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Best and worst, 21 May 2009
7/10
Author: kcfl-1 from United States

I think previous commentators have missed the boat on this. The film is a matter of the director overcoming the star. Joe Cook's shtick wears thin. His first encounter with the store owner is droll, but a series of non-sequiters do not make a comedy. Capra's direction is brilliant. (Spolier:) Obviously, the elephant pushing the fat lady is a tour de force, and the riot and fire at the climax are spectacular, but notice his great tracking shots. The camera follows characters as they saunter through the circus. What was worth seeing and preserving here is not Cook's quaint act, but the way of life of the circus, a "Water for Elephants" scene.

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