Carnival Story
About Carnival Story
In Munich, Willi joins an American carnival. Joe Hammond, a barker, is rough with her. Frank Colloni, a high diver, asks her into the act, and they draw the crowds. Frank falls from a ladder rung and dies. The strongman Groppo strangles Joe. Bill Vines stays with Willi. She does not rush into marrying him.
Cast & crew
More about Carnival Story
Kurt Neumann directed. Frank King and Maurice King produced. RKO released the American cut on April 16, 1954. Hans Jacoby, Kurt Neumann, Marcy Klauber, and Charles Williams are credited. Dalton Trumbo and Michael Wilson are uncredited. Ernest Haller photographed in Agfacolor, with Technicolor prints. Hans Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski designed the sets. Willy Schmidt-Gentner composed. Neumann also shot a German-language version, Circus of Love, with Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens, and Bernhard Wicki. It was not a 3D film. A 1953 Variety note is the source of that claim.
Themes
Look
Ernest Haller shot the Munich carnival in Agfacolor. Release prints were Technicolor.
Music
Willy Schmidt-Gentner composed the score.
Preservation
Prints of the English film survive.
Notes
- Anne Baxter plays Willi, Steve Cochran plays Joe, Lyle Bettger plays Frank, and George Nader plays Bill.
- Helene Stanley is Peggy. Jay C. Flippen is Charley Grayson. Ady Berber is Groppo.
- The German version is a second film, not a dub.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as CarnivalStory.
Scenes
- Frank drops from the ladder.
- Groppo strangles Joe.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CarnivalStory)