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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA carnival barker wants his son to become a lawyer, but his son gets side-tracked into joining the carnival too.A carnival barker wants his son to become a lawyer, but his son gets side-tracked into joining the carnival too.A carnival barker wants his son to become a lawyer, but his son gets side-tracked into joining the carnival too.
- Candidato a 1 Oscar
- 1 candidatura in totale
Louise Carver
- Fortune Teller
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Richard Cramer
- Carnival Bull
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Bobby Dunn
- Hamburger Concessionaire
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Dick Gilbert
- Sideshow Vendor
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Pat Harmon
- Heckler
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Bynunsky Hyman
- Fire Eater
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Gladden James
- Member of Hawaiian Trio
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Charles Sullivan
- Man in Audience
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizOriginally shot as a silent. Sound was added after completion.
- ConnessioniVersion of Hoopla (1933)
Recensione in evidenza
Hey Rube!
Didn't think I would like this one as much as I did. I don't really care for circus/carnival movies, although I thoroughly enjoyed "Nightmare Alley" and didn't think it could be topped. So I was pleasantly surprised by "The Barker", an earthy, sweaty character study of a troupe of traveling 'carnys'.
An even bigger surprise was the towering performance of Milton Sills, a name I had only heard in movie reference books. His portrayal of Nifty Miller, a world-weary, morally unstable carnival barker nearly knocked me to the ground, to coin a phrase. His libidinous, self-indulgent world comes to a screeching halt with the arrival of his son,Chris, played by Douglas Fairbanks,Jr. who promptly falls in love with Bimbo-With-a-Heart Dorothy Mackaill. Naturally,complications arise but the whole movie comes to life when Sills, who as a reader above mentioned, looks like a slim Walter Matthau, is on the screen.
This is a very unusual film in that it is part sound and part silent. I found it jarring to go from 'talkie'to dialogue cards without warning but I have since learned that the UCLA film Dept. has restored this 'part-talkie', and that most others of this kind have been lost entirely. In fact, The last few feet of the film were lost and a still shot has been put in its place while the sound continues. Also, unless I miss my guess, that is Herman Mankiewicz himself, who has a writer credit on this film, playing a ukelele in the trio accompanying Betty Compson in her Hawaiian dance numbers. Could be a Hollywood 'inside joke'.
This one may be tough to come by but if you get the opportunity, don't miss it.
An even bigger surprise was the towering performance of Milton Sills, a name I had only heard in movie reference books. His portrayal of Nifty Miller, a world-weary, morally unstable carnival barker nearly knocked me to the ground, to coin a phrase. His libidinous, self-indulgent world comes to a screeching halt with the arrival of his son,Chris, played by Douglas Fairbanks,Jr. who promptly falls in love with Bimbo-With-a-Heart Dorothy Mackaill. Naturally,complications arise but the whole movie comes to life when Sills, who as a reader above mentioned, looks like a slim Walter Matthau, is on the screen.
This is a very unusual film in that it is part sound and part silent. I found it jarring to go from 'talkie'to dialogue cards without warning but I have since learned that the UCLA film Dept. has restored this 'part-talkie', and that most others of this kind have been lost entirely. In fact, The last few feet of the film were lost and a still shot has been put in its place while the sound continues. Also, unless I miss my guess, that is Herman Mankiewicz himself, who has a writer credit on this film, playing a ukelele in the trio accompanying Betty Compson in her Hawaiian dance numbers. Could be a Hollywood 'inside joke'.
This one may be tough to come by but if you get the opportunity, don't miss it.
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- GManfred
- 13 ago 2009
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