Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 06/03/2008
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 77 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Televista
Spangles was adapted by actress
Leah Baird from the novel by
Nellie Revell, with Revell receiving "star" billing in the credits.
Marion Nixon plays the title character, a gorgeous bareback rider with a travelling circus. Spangles falls in love with Dick (
Pat O'Malley), a young fugitive from justice who uses the Big Top for a hideout. The wicked circus owner threatens to turn Dick over to authorities unless Spangles promises to marry him. The girl is spared this ignominious fate when the owner is trampled to death by a surly elephant. According to
Universal's publicity packet,
Spangles was inspired by the career of
May Wirth, considered the greatest bareback rider of her time.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide