Swing High

With an all-star cast of sixteen

To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.

• Release date
• May 18, 1930
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Music, Drama
• Director
• Joseph Santley

Cast

Helen Twelvetrees Maryan Fred Scott Garry Dorothy Burgess Trixie John Sheehan Doc May Daphne Pollard Mrs. May George Fawcett Pop Garner Bryant Washburn Ringmaster Joe Bryant Washburn Billy