THE CONSTANT WOMAN aka Auction In Souls aka Hell In A Circus (1933) Drama, Romance | B&W

The Constant Woman (1933), also known as Auction in Souls and Hell in a Circus, is an American Pre-Code film directed by Victor Schertzinger. It is based on the 1913 Eugene O'Neill play Recklessness.

SYNOPSIS
After the death of his wife, and discovering their son is not really his, Walt turns to alcohol until he finds a new love.

Marlene Underwood is a star circus performer, whose husband Walt buys the circus while their son Jimmie worships everything his mother does. Marlene leaves them both to go join a larger show, then is killed in a fire, resulting in Walt going into a downward spiral of alcohol and sorrow.

A woman called Lou helps restore Walt's faith in human nature, but she is resented by young Jimmie, who feels she is trying to take his mother's place. Walt gets back on his feet, but now must try to stop Jimmie from joining the circus himself.

CAST & CREW
Conrad Nagel as Walt Underwood
Leila Hyams as Lou
Tommy Conlon as Jimmie Underwood
Claire Windsor as Marlene Underwood
Stanley Fields as "Beef"
Fred Kohler as Bouncer
Alexander Carr as J.J. Brock
Robert Ellis as Leading Man
Lionel Belmore as Character Man
Ruth Clifford as Floozie

Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Written by Eugene O'Neill (play Recklessness), Warren Duff (adaptation and dialogue) and F. Hugh Herbert (adaptation and dialogue)
Produced by Victor Schertzinger
Cinematography Arthur Edeson
Edited by Rose Loewinger
Distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
Release date1933
Running time 76 minutes (American original release) 70 minutes (American reissue)
Country United States
Language English

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