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Cinematography Jack A. Marta Director John H. Auer | 6.4/10 IMDb Initial release 1 March 1937 (USA) Story by Frank R. Adams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Adele BuffingtonBradford Ropes Starring June TravisRobert LivingstonDonald CookBetty CompsonCharles MurrayLucille Osborne Music by Karl HajosHugo Riesenfeld Cast Similar The Girl from Mandalay, Sabotage, Racing Luck, Arson Gang Busters, Flight at Midnight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Circus Girl is a 1937 American action film directed by John H. Auer and written by Adele Buffington and Bradford Ropes. The film stars June Travis, Robert Livingston, Donald Cook, Betty Compson, Charles Murray and Lucille Osborne. The film was March 1, 1937, by Republic Pictures.
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Plot
Trapeze artists Bob McAvoy and Charles Jerome have a successful act. Both develop a romantic interest in Kay Rogers, who also wants to become a circus performer.
Bob is furious when Charlie and Kay are secretly married, knowing that Charlie is also carrying on with Carlotta, the lion tamer. After a fight between the men, Charlie is injured in a fall an believes Bob dropped him on purpose.
Plotting his revenge, Charlie pretends to become manager of a new act featuring Bob with Kay, but behind the scenes sabotages the rig. Working without a net, Bob is about to fall into a den of lions, but when Kay tries to save him, Charlie's conscience gets the better of him. He rescues Bob, but plummets to his own demise.