Half Way to Heaven

Dec 14, 1929

1h 6m

★ 5.0

"Young America's Boy-Friend" as you like him!

Overview

A trapeze artist causes the death of another over their mutual love of a girl. When a new artist joins the troupe and falls in love with her, she must protect him from her ex-lover's jealous rage.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Thriller

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Ned Lee

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Greta Nelson

Jean Arthur

Nick Pogli

Paul Lukas

Madame Elsie

Helen Ware

Circus Manager

Oscar Apfel

Mrs. Lee

Edna West

Slim

Irving Bacon

Eric Lee

Michael Stuart

Blackie

Al Hill

Doris

Lucille Williams

Klein

Richard K. French

Tony

Freddy Anderson

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.

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Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.

6.4

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Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.

6.5

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3.7

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In Las Vegas, Lucky and two of her girlfriends, Carol and Lisa, plan to steal half a million dollars from the sadistic manager of the Circus Circus Casino. A shadowy man is their contact and organizer. Each of the women could be a weak link in a scheme that has to be flawless: Lucky's boyfriend is a security officer at the casino, Lisa is a trapeze artist who's now plagued with vertigo, and Carol is in debt to a nasty thug - plus, as a Black woman, she's subject to additional harassment. Can the gals pull off the heist, or is the plan, with it's mysterious organizer, too complicated to succeed?

6.2

Thirteen Women

Sep 16, 1932

Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.

5.7

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Jun 3, 1947

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6.5

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A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.

5.3

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7.0

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6.1

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5.2

Polly of the Circus

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When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a nearby minister, John Hartley. As she recuperates, they fall in love with each other and secretly marry. But when the truth leaks out , John's congregation rebels at having a circus woman as their minister's wife, and he is fired. Polly decides to leave John in hopes of giving back to him the calling that means so much to him. But fate steps in and rearranges all plans.

5.0

The Big Show

May 10, 1961

A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.

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0.0

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0.0

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7.4

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0.0

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6.4

Big Top Bunny

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7.7

El circo

Mar 12, 1943

A cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the show. But later, he gets in trouble when he involves in dangerous acts, such as the trapeze. Obviously, our friend will risk his life by the love of his new girlfriend.

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0.0

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