Under the Big Top

Under the Big Top

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NR 1938 · 63 min · ★ 6.7 · Romance, Drama

Director Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus boss who raises her orphaned niece to be a trapeze star.

Directed by Karl Brown · Written by Marion Orth

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