Dangerous Curves
About Dangerous Curves
A bareback rider in a circus loves a trapeze artist. He drinks, and a vamp has him hooked. Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, and Kay Francis play the triangle. The rider tries to pull him off the bottle and away from the vamp.
Cast & crew
More about Dangerous Curves
Lothar Mendes directed. Florence Ryerson is credited on the script. Paramount released it in 1929. It is Kay Francis's first Hollywood film. As a 1929 picture whose copyright was renewed, it entered the U.S. public domain on 1 January 2025.
Themes
Background
A 1929 Paramount release from the overlap of silent and sound, sold on a circus romance and a drinking man.
Making
Paramount put Francis, new to Hollywood, into a Bow picture as the woman who is the problem, which is how her American career starts on screen.
Preservation
Entered the U.S. public domain on 1 January 2025.
Notes
- Kay Francis's Hollywood debut.
- Clara Bow and Richard Arlen are the leads above her.
- A pre-Code circus drama, not a comedy, despite Bow's reputation for flapper parts.
- Public-domain date: 1 January 2025.
Scenes
- The trapeze artist is caught between the rider who loves him and the vamp who keeps him drinking.
