Side Show (1931) (original) (raw)
Step right up for the greatest show on earth � or what�s left of it, as the owner of Colonel Gowdy�s circus (Guy Kibbee) hasn�t paid his employees in weeks. So as the performers quit, Pat (Winnie Lightner) takes over their acts, from hula dancing and ballyhoo barking to diving into pools of hot water. But when her kid sister (Evalyn Knapp) decides to tag along and falls for the man of Pat�s dreams (Donald Cook), the sideshow turns into a three-ring circus and the real show�s about to begin. Originally intended as a musical, Side Show lost all but one of its songs when Warners realized ...(more)
Step right up for the greatest show on earth � or what�s left of it, as the owner of Colonel Gowdy�s circus (Guy Kibbee) hasn�t paid his employees in weeks. So as the performers quit, Pat (Winnie Lightner) takes over their acts, from hula dancing and ballyhoo barking to diving into pools of hot water. But when her kid sister (Evalyn Knapp) decides to tag along and falls for the man of Pat�s dreams (Donald Cook), the sideshow turns into a three-ring circus and the real show�s about to begin. Originally intended as a musical, Side Show lost all but one of its songs when Warners realized audiences had tired of the genre. (less)
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Writers: Arthur Caesar, Ray Enright, Billy K. Wells
Starring: Winnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth, Evalyn Knapp, Donald Cook, Guy Kibbee, Matthew Betz
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