The Circus Clown (1934)
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A man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father.
- Date of release
- 1934-06-30
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Ray Enright
Casting
- Joe E. Brown — Happy Howard / Chuckles
- Patricia Ellis — Alice Madison
- Dorothy Burgess — Babe (aka Miss Mercedes)
- Don Dillaway — Jack
- Harry Woods — Ajax
- Gordon Westcott — Frank Madison
- Ronnie Cosby — Dickie Madison
- Charles Cahill Wilson — Sheldon
- Ward Bond — Spectator
- Spencer Charters — Kingsley
- John Sheehan — Moxley
- Tom Dugan — Mac (scenes deleted)
Interesting facts
The Circus Clown is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film about a man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father, starring Joe E. Brown and Patricia Ellis. The movie was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 30, 1934.
Production
Although not credited, Joe E. Brown also plays the role of his father throughout the film. Additionally, in two sequences employing the split screen technology process, Joe E. Brown appears as both his father, H. "Chuckles" Howard, and as Happy Howard. The first sequence is when both characters are sitting side by side, fishing. The second is when the two characters are sitting together at the circus.
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