Carnival

Carnival

"You'll Laugh with 'Em and at 'Em!"

"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy

Chick Thompson

Sally Eilers

Sally Eilers

Daisy

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Fingers

Florence Rice

Florence Rice

Miss Holbrook

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Mac

Dickie Walters

Poochy

Beverly Jean Gardner

Baby

Gene O'Brien

Billy Smith

John Aasen

John Aasen

Circus Giant

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Barker

Betty Alden

Nurse

Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel

Mr. Lawson

Jessie Arnold

Jessie Arnold

Woman

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Nurse

Helen Barclay

Nurse

T. Roy Barnes

T. Roy Barnes

Salesman

Arthur Belasco

Guard

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Detective

Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler

Sheriff

George Brasno

Midget

Olive Brasno

Midget

Sheila Bromley

Sheila Bromley

Puppet Assistant

Burr Caruth

Justice of the Peace

Ricardo Lord Cezon

Baby

Inez Courtney

Inez Courtney

Girl

Helen Dickson

Woman

Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

Dr. Hodges

Jim Farley

Jim Farley

Detective

Eddie Fetherston

Eddie Fetherston

Barker

Budd Fine

Budd Fine

Fireman

Mabel Forrest

Mabel Forrest

Woman

Brenda Fowler

Brenda Fowler

Baby Judge

Gladys Gale

Gladys Gale

Baby Judge (uncredited)

A.R. Haysel

Conductor

Howard Hickman

Howard Hickman

Doctor

Paul Hurst

Paul Hurst

Policeman

William Irving

William Irving

Waiter

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

Baby Judge

Gladys Joyner

Woman

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Bit Part

Violet Knights

Small Town Woman

Isabel La Mal

Isabel La Mal

Woman

Edward LeSaint

Edward LeSaint

Hospital Superintendent

Lucien Littlefield

Lucien Littlefield

Minor Role

J.P. Lockney

J.P. Lockney

Small Town Man

Eva McKenzie

Mother

Doris McMahan

Girl

Arthur Millett

Los Angeles Cop

Frank Mills

Frank Mills

Barker

Geneva Mitchell

Geneva Mitchell

Nurse

Ada Mae Moore

Snake Charmer

Lee Moran

Lee Moran

Barker

Edward Mundin

Technical Advisor

Vester Pegg

Vester Pegg

Small Town Man

Evelyn Pierce

Evelyn Pierce

Girl

Frank Rico

Clown

Charles Sabin

Intern

C. Montague Shaw

C. Montague Shaw

Baby Judge

Dorothy Shearer

Woman

Kathryn Sheldon

Kathryn Sheldon

Woman

Cora Beach Shumway

Woman

Bert Starkey

Barker

Ben Taggart

Ben Taggart

Policeman

Phil Tead

Phil Tead

Barker

Billie Van Every

Girl

Marie Wells

Marie Wells

Woman

Lillian West

Lillian West

Nurse

Cecil Weston

Small Town Woman

Bert Wilson

Tattooed Man

Lillian Worth

Lillian Worth

Half Man-Half Woman