Jour de Fete (1948), The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1968), Carny (1980), Coney Island (1943), The Wagons Roll at Night (1941), The Half-Naked Truth (1932), Roustabout (1964), Zenobia (1939) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Carnivals movies.
Storyline: Once a year the fair comes for one day to the little town 'Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre.' All inhabitants are scoffing at François, the postman, what he seems not to recognize. The rising of the flagstaff under his direction nearly leads into a catastrophe - but everybody tells him how important his work is. Sneering up François continues in the evening of the festive day. Made drunk, some 'friends' persuade him to watch a short-movie in a tent. This film is a stunt-show, covered as 'The modern delivery-techniques of the US-post. François takes it serious, not recognizing being teased. Next day, after getting sober in a goods wagon, he reorganizes his own delivery-methods. He has not the equipment, as his ideals in the short-movie have, but using only his bicycle, he makes good, funny progresses.—Christian Wenger <wenger@ls7.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
Plot Keywords: mail carrier, townsperson, friend, carnival worker, wife, charming, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the "Italia" airship flight, crash, and subsequent rescue efforts. The "ghosts" of people involved in the events appear in his memories to assist him in determining his guilt in the affair. The reminiscences are mixed with the real action: the flight of the "Italia", the air rescue operation from Kings Bay airfield, the expedition of the "Krassin" ice-breaker. A sort of human touch is added by the ever beautiful C.C. playing Malmgren's girlfriend.—E. Kocourek <e_kocourek@yahoo.com>
Plot Keywords: mick jagger, john lennon, eric clapton, yoko ono, musician, outlandish, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A carnival comes to a small town. Eighteen year old Donna meets Frankie and Patch, two carnival hustlers. They earn their living by mercilessly taunting spectators to try to dump one of them into the water by throwing balls. Donna is tired of her work as a waitress and follows them through the South.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords: carnival worker, exotic dancer, partner, con artist, lawman, boyfriend, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: promoter, saloon owner, singer, carnival worker, bartender, drunk, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A lion escapes Nick Coster's carnival and is captured by grocery clerk Matt Varney whom Nick brings into the show and eventually makes chief lion tamer. When Nick finds out Matt has fallen for his convent-bred sister Mary he makes him go into the cage with the insane lion Caesar.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: animal trainer, circus performer, carnival worker, sister, girlfriend, emotional, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.—David S. Smith
Plot Keywords: carnival barker, exotic dancer, sheriff, theatrical producer, friend, madcap, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Charlie Rogers (Elvis Presley) is a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle to the next gig, an irate dad runs him off the road when he flirts with his daughter. He's forced to hook up with a travelling carnival until his bike can be fixed. The carnival is run by a tough old broad, a broken-down drunk, and his nubile daughter. Along the way, Charlie (who's got a chip on his shoulder about being an orphan) somehow learns about family values from this vaguely dysfunctional one. A scheming rival carny shows up, based on the legend of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's real-life manager.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: singer, teen girl, father, college student, carnival worker, boss, airy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A southern country doctor is called on by a visiting circus man to cure his sick elephant. After the doctor heals the grateful beast, the elephant becomes so attached to him that it starts to follow him everywhere.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: doctor, daughter, snob, son, elephant, professor, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The teenager Amy Harper dates Buzz Dawson for the first time and they go to the carnival with their friends Richie and Liz. They smoke grass and have good-time visiting the attractions including a side show with freak animals. The silly Richie suggests the group to spend the night in the Funhouse for fun. During the night, they witness the murder of the fortune teller Madame Zena by a man wearing a mask of Frankenstein from an opening in the ceiling of a room. They decide to leave the fun house but they find all the exits locked. Meanwhile Richie sneaks in the room and steals the money of the manager of the place. The masked man returns with his father and owner of the fun house to show the corpse of Madame Zena; when the man realizes that he had been robbed, he presses his son that removes the mask and shows his horrible face. Richie startles and drops his lighter in the room. The owner asks his freak son to chase the thieves and eyewitnesses in a night of terror for the teenagers.
Plot Keywords: teen girl, boyfriend, fortuneteller, carnival worker, disfigured person, friend, campy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ghoulies II picks up a short time after the first movie, a few of the little nasties stow away on an amusement park ride and bring big bucks to a dying fair. The creatures are mad after an attempt to kill them, so the creatures go on a rampage through the fairgrounds, ultimately leading to an explosive conclusion!—JohnPaul C. <lennon@execpc.ccom>
Plot Keywords: monster, carnival worker, customer, priest, boy, corporate stooge, campy ...
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