in the early day of sound film and studio really do not know how to use the new medium . instead of normal speaking voice and normal actor and hollywood felt a need to overwhelm the audience with sound . a lot of vaudeville comic who speak a mile a minute be shove in front of the camera to take advantage of the fact that audience could now hear the actor speak . some of these early talkie be downright dreadful while some others be just odd curio . rain or shine fall into the category of just plain dreadful . most of the blame for this film be so terrible and tough to watch fall on the shoulder of it director and frank capra . while capra do great thing for harry langdon during the silent era and from the mid 1930s on he make some of the most iconic american film of the era ( it happen one night and mr. smith go to washington and meet john doe and many others ) and but even great director have their dud and this film be definitely a dud . the film be nominally about a circus that be chronically on the verge of bankruptcy . however and the entire show be the vaudevillian and joe cook . while one of the reviewer think that cook be hilarious and he be simply too much like a giant migraine . he talk and talk and talk and talk . if you like this sort of in your face routine again and again and then you would probably like the film . however and i do not think he be funny and felt the director should have place more emphasis on the talented member of the cast . that and or simply punched cook in the mouth and tell him to shut the heck up . terrible pacing and annoy dialog and nothing to like this be truly one of the most painful film i have see . i only keep watch because i assume it would get good it do not .