Polly Of The Circus (1932)

• Director
  • Alfred Santell
• Writers
  • Margaret Mayo(play)
  • Carey Wilson(adaptation)
  • Laurence E. Johnson(dialogue)
• Stars
  • Marion Davies
  • Clark Gable
  • C. Aubrey Smith

  In this romantic drama, a strait-laced preacher creates controversy when he marries a seductive trapeze artist . The two meet after the swinger is injured during a performance and taken to his home to recover. Love blossoms while she heals and they surreptitiously marry. When the minister's snooty parishioners find out, they are shocked evict him from their chapel. When he is unsuccessful at finding other work, his wife selflessly returns to the circus so he can have his congregation back. This leads to the story's upbeat conclusion, but not before some exciting aerial antics ensue.