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Swing High

6.5 95 mins Music   Drama   1930
Pathé Exchange  
Director(s): Joseph Santley

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.

Casts of Swing High

Helen Twelvetrees

as Maryan

Fred Scott

as Garry

Dorothy Burgess

as Trixie

John Sheehan

as Doc May

Daphne Pollard

as Mrs. May

George Fawcett

as Pop Garner

Bryant Washburn

as Ringmaster Joe

Bryant Washburn

as Billy

Sally Starr

as Ruth

'Little Billy' Rhodes

as Major Tiny

William Hall

as Babe

Chester Conklin

as Sheriff

Ben Turpin

as Bartender

Robert Edeson

as Doctor

Mickey Bennett

as Mickey

Clarence Muse

as Singer

Rolfe Sedan

as Trouper

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