Carnival Queen (1937)
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66 min | Crime, Romance

Carnival Queen (1937)

Passed

66 min | Crime, Romance

Heiress Marion Prescott, whose only interests are society and her pet Pekingese dog, "Kiki," learns that she has lost almost all her money in the Great Depression. She and her guardian, Spaulding, look through her few remaining assets and ...See moreHeiress Marion Prescott, whose only interests are society and her pet Pekingese dog, "Kiki," learns that she has lost almost all her money in the Great Depression. She and her guardian, Spaulding, look through her few remaining assets and discover her ownership of "Prescott's Mammoth Carnival." Spaulding tells her that her late father's love of adventure led him to organize the carnival that, while profitable in its early years, has been a steady money-loser of late. The two decide to examine the carnival first-hand. Seeing the carnival in shambles, Spaulding realizes that its manager, Bert MacGregor, has been deliberately wrecking the carnival. He demotes Bert and promotes Art Calhoun in his place. Bert, stuck with merely running his gambling games, swears revenge. Intrigued by the carnival, Marion takes a job incognito as Art's secretary. The two, though attracted to each other, have numerous temperamental clashes, brought on by their two dogs, "Kiki" and "Missouri." While playing an engagement designed to raise money for a veterans' group, Art discovers that Bert has been fixing the game wheel. The two fight, with Art knocking out Bert. Returning to his henchmen, Bert once again swears his revenge. After collecting the receipts, Art is mugged on his way to the veterans' group, and the money is stolen. After a search of the carnival, the money box is found in Marion's suitcase in the tent of Professor Sylva, for whom she acts as a magician's assistant. Art confesses to the crime to cover for Marion, but the two end up in jail. A telegram arrives, establishing Marion as the owner of the carnival and the two are released, but Art is angered by Marion's deception. As the constable begins to fingerprint all the carnival people in search for the real thief, Bert and his gang realize they are on the spot. Not only did they steal the money box, but they are actually a group of bank robbers, led by Sylva, who have been using the carnival as a cover. Sylva shoots his dim-witted assistant, Fingers, starts a fire in his tent, and then makes a run for it. Art is assisted in capturing the gang by Jacoby, a detective for the Bankers' Association. With Sylva, Bert and the gang captured, Art is cleared of the robbery; however, the carnival is in dire straits, having been half-burned, with no money to re-build. When Marion agrees to sell her house in Ben Harbor, and gives up society life forever to re-build the carnival, Art takes her in his arms. Thus, they begin a new life as the king and queen of the carnival. See less

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37 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Wilcox Art Calhoun Art Calhoun See fewer	Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)
Dorothea Kent Marion Prescott Marion Prescott See fewer	It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
Hobart Cavanaugh Profesor Silva Profesor Silva See fewer	A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
G. Pat Collins Bert MacGregor Bert MacGregor See fewer	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Harry Tyler Fingers Fingers See fewer	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Ernest Cossart Spaulding Spaulding See fewer	Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
David Oliver Chuck Chuck See fewer	Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
Billy Wayne Hanlin Hanlin See fewer	The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Jonathan Hale Robert Jacoby Robert Jacoby See fewer	The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
Raymond Brown Constable Constable See fewer	Allan Quatermain (1919)
Jimmy O'Gatty Nick Nick See fewer	Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)
Frank Lackteen Ala Ben Ala Ala Ben Ala See fewer	The Green Archer (1925)
Jack Rube Clifford Deputy Constable (as Jack Clifford) Deputy Constable (as Jack Clifford) See fewer	Sky Bandits (1940)
David Takahashi Kyra Kyra See fewer	Carnival Queen (1937)
Jolly Lee Harvey Actress Actress See fewer	Carnival Queen (1937)
Sam Bennett Carnival Man (uncredited) Carnival Man (uncredited) See fewer
Harry Bernard Advertising Man (uncredited) Advertising Man (uncredited) See fewer	The Shadow (1937)
Billy Bletcher Barker (uncredited) Barker (uncredited) See fewer	The Lost City (I) (1935)
Wade Boteler Turnkey (uncredited) Turnkey (uncredited) See fewer	The Green Hornet (1940)
Ed Brady Nosey (uncredited) Nosey (uncredited) See fewer	Son of Kong (1933)
Lane Chandler Advertising Man (uncredited) Advertising Man (uncredited) See fewer	Samson and Delilah (1949)
Heinie Conklin Smart Aleck (uncredited) Smart Aleck (uncredited) See fewer	Hard Boiled (1926)
Charles Dorety Carnival Man (uncredited) Carnival Man (uncredited) See fewer	Golf Slappy (1942)
Lloyd Ford Carnival Man (uncredited) Carnival Man (uncredited) See fewer	Idol of the Crowds (1937)
Rita Gould Jeanette (uncredited) Jeanette (uncredited) See fewer	Girls' Dormitory (1936)
William Gould Judge (uncredited) Judge (uncredited) See fewer	Buck Rogers (1939)
Maynard Holmes Sucker for Gyp Game (uncredited) Sucker for Gyp Game (uncredited) See fewer	Dancing Lady (1933)
Robert Homans Captain Charters (uncredited) Captain Charters (uncredited) See fewer	Night Monster (1942)
Frank Marlowe Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited) See fewer	Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
Gertrude Messinger Small Young Woman (uncredited) Small Young Woman (uncredited) See fewer	A Bit o' Heaven (1917)
Lee Moore Carnival Man (uncredited) Carnival Man (uncredited) See fewer
Paul Newlan Husky Man (uncredited) Husky Man (uncredited) See fewer	Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
Spec O'Donnell Messenger Boy (uncredited) Messenger Boy (uncredited) See fewer	Accidents Will Happen (1938)
Don Roberts Carnival Man (uncredited) Carnival Man (uncredited) See fewer	Name the Woman (1934)
Cap Somers Carnival Man (uncredited) Carnival Man (uncredited) See fewer	Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena (1979)
Foy Van Dolsen Barker (uncredited) Barker (uncredited) See fewer	Horror Island (1941)
Charles Watt Carnival Man (uncredited) Carnival Man (uncredited) See fewer

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