02 Dec 1938
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner all kinds of problems.
Under the Top
Jimmie, a small-town boy, visits a traveling circus passing through town. he falls in love with Pansy, the daughter of the circus' tightrope walker, after he saves her from a gang of thugs...
Top Billed Cast
Fred Stone Jimmie Jones
Ella Hall Pansy O'Neill
Lester Le May Terry O'Neill
Sylvia Ashton Lotta Crust
Guy Oliver Jay Trimmer
Charles Ogle Otto B. Shott
Noah Beery Prof. De Como
J. Cummings Justice of the Peace
Jane Wolfe Mrs. Jones (as Jane Wolff)
Julia N. Stark Wardrobe lady
Gordon Griffith Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
Althea Worthley Little Pansy O'Neill (prologue and epilogue)
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