Hell In A Circus

Walt Underwood is dealt a tremendous double blow when he learns that his wife is dead, killed in an adulterous tryst. In her secret letters, he is shocked to discover that his beloved son Jimmy, is not his own. Stripped of all he once held dear, Walt begins a downward spiral of alcoholism, self-loathing and despair. It will take the desperate intervention of a loving friend, to prevent Walt's rush to self-destruction.

Conrad Nagel's long film career began in the silent era (Little Women, 1918), extended to the 1950s (All That Heaven Allows, 1955) and later into television through the 1960s. A founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927, Nagel received an honorary Academy Award for his work with the Motion Picture Relief Fund in 1940. Beautiful model-turned-actress Leila Hyams won acclaim for her starring role in MGM's first sound release, Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928). She proved herself an excellent dramatic actress with her performances in The Big House (1930), Freaks (1932) and Island Of Lost Souls (1933).

Bonus: Conrad Nagel in New Horizons.

As a father prepares to remarry, his son's bitterness increases.

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• DVD Drama Movies

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