Movie Night
Friday, May 24 at 7 pm
Julie Harris lifts this forgotten gem to a high level
"The
First of May" refers to a greenhorn in the circus business, and that's
what young Cory (affectingly played by Dan Byrd) is, when he runs away from his
current foster home & joins forces with Carlotta, a lonely, assertive woman
condemned for some reason(she has no obvious physical or mental defect) to a
restrictive Florida nursing home. Carlotta is no greenhorn, however; she has
had years of experience in a circus & even encounters two old friends when
she & Cory join Clyde Beatty's troop. The circus scenes alone, w/ their
brilliant colors & daredevil activity, would be enough to attract young
viewers, but
