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Carnival
“You'll Laugh with 'Em and at 'Em!”
80%
Movie
1h 17m
AI Analysis
Carnival (1935) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Carnival (1935) — a movie tagged as Romance and Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: "Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Dai… Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~77 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Carnival 80% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
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TMDb audience score
80%
from 1 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1935-02-15
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- TMDB rating
- 8.0
- TMDB ID
- 417383
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What is Carnival about?
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Carnival?
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How long is the movie Carnival?
The official runtime for Carnival is approximately 77 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Lee Tracy
Chick Thompson

Sally Eilers
Daisy

Jimmy Durante
Fingers

Florence Rice
Miss Holbrook

Thomas E. Jackson
Mac
- D
Dickie Walters
Poochy
- B
Beverly Jean Gardner
Baby
- G
Gene O'Brien
- B
Billy Smith

John Aasen
Circus Giant

Ernie Adams
Barker (uncredited)
- B
Betty Alden
Nurse

Oscar Apfel
Mr. Lawson

Jessie Arnold
Woman

Lucille Ball
Nurse (uncredited)
- H
Helen Barclay
Nurse

T. Roy Barnes
Salesman
- A
Arthur Belasco
Guard
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