Under the Big Top
A pretty young circus trapeze artist is pushed by her domineering aunt to be the best aerialist in the world. When she begins to fall for one of the two men in her act, her mother determines to break up the romance. So does the ot...
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"'Under The Big Top' falls under the very, very small subgenre of movies that are not only about circuses, but about acrobats! Let's see, there's Trapeze, The Greatest Show On Earth, and now this movie! This is all about a girl named Penny, who literally grows up in the circus and becomes the BEST Trapeze artist in the WORLD! Actually, when we see the act, it's nothing special, but if the movie says they are, then they must be! Anyways, she is brought up by her aunt, a stage mother if there ever was one, who dictates everything about Penny's life. When she finds ou..."
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This film received its initial USA telecast Sunday 1 March 1942 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). Post WWII television audiences first got a chance to see it in Los Angeles Sunday 5 June 1949 on KTLA (Channel 5) and in New York City Sunday 3 July 1949 on WCBS (Channel 2).
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A pretty young circus trapeze artist is pushed by her domineering aunt to be the best aerialist in the world. When she begins to fall for one of the two men in her act, her mother determines to break up the romance. So does the ot...