Juggling in Movies

Germany.

After 6 minutes there's a club juggler practicing, and a little later Eva Ingeborg Scholz does some rope swinging. Starting 50 minutes into the film, a show in a children's circus has two boys juggling three balls each, with hoop juggling (cascade and 3 around the body, the trick that Bob Bramson did with 4 hoops), unicyclers, and trick roping. In the 61st minute of the film someone juggles balls, and 15 minutes later Scholz rides a unicycle on a tightrope.

Before they can return to America from Egypt, Peter and Freddie find the archaeologist Dr. Zoomer murdered. A medallion leads them to a crypt where a revived mummy provides the terror.

Reported to contain juggling.

Germany. An original satire about women of the 90's in search of the men of their dreams. Franzy believes she's through with men, but desperately needs new amorous story lines for the comic strip she writes for a newspaper. So she observes her friend Maischa struggling to satisfy her need for love - and someone who knows how to install her new shelf. Since joiner Klaus demands too much attention, she sets her eyes on the good-looking footballer Rene.

Gregor "Gulle" Kiock from Munich appears as a three club juggler on a unicycle in a park scene.

The Addams step out of Charles Addams' cartoons. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark and a plot to slip in a false lost Uncle Fester.

The Passing Zone, Jon Wee and Owen Morse, were stand-ins for Fester and Gomez passing six unweighted prop knives in the Mamushka dance.

France. Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against a fast food entrepreneur to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!

Coluche, who plays the son of Louis de Funes, juggles 3 eggs a few minutes after the beginning of the movie.

This is a spoof of the airport disaster movies. When the crew of an airplane are struck by some form of virus, the fate of the passengers depends on an former war pilot who is the only one able to land the plane safely! The passengers represent a selection of interesting wacky characters who seem to take every word for its literal meaning.

Robert Hays juggles 3 balls for about 5 seconds as part of a disco dancing scene about 20 minutes into the movie. Later, someone spins a basketball on his finger.

Aladdin is a street urchin who lives in a large and busy town long ago.

There is some tennis racquet juggling, not done very realistically, in the "Prince Ali" scene, when the genie introduces himself to Aladdin, and when the elephant crashes through the palace door.

UK. This swashbuckler is based on the life of the dashing 9th-century English leader who tries to keep England safe from the vicious Danish raiders threatening the country. He must also save his wife from the Viking invaders.

After 65 minutes, some club jugglers are in the background during a Viking banquet. The jugglers can be seen a few times during this two minute scene.

A giant alligator runs riot in a small town with a lake connected to a sewer drainage system. Nobody believes the sightings until many people have been killed.

Near the end of the movie, the alligator enters an amusement park, where a unicycler and a club juggler are passing.

Germany.

Adolf Wohlbrück juggles three fruits in a cascade pattern about 79 minutes into the movie.

In this movie Fellini portrays his home town of Rimini as he remembered it in the '30s, during his youth. Many bizarre but very warm and human characters and specific Mediterranean humor made this movie the most popular of all Fellini's works.

After 25 minutes Titta's uncle Pataca, played by Nando Orfei, juggles a cascade with 2 napkin rings and a piece of bread for several seconds during a scene at the lunch table.

In the not too distant future, the United States government is virtually bankrupt and in danger of being foreclosed on by a group of Native Americans, now owners of the massive Nike Corporation. A desperate President decides to make a last-ditch effort to save the country, by raising money with a telethon!

Reported to contain juggling.

There's nothing but trouble in Paradise when the band leader tries to make love to a whole sister act - simultaneously!

Reported to contain juggling.

Broadway musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip. A young orphan girl's adventures in finding a family that will take her.

At the beginning of the film a girl briefly juggles three cans in the orphanage and falls off her bed. In a circus scene lasting over two minutes there is a juggler doing a three torches in the background, with a few tricks, as well as some torch swinging. He drops. Interesting only because the juggler is Michael Moschen. Two club passers are seen here, and later on tall unicycles. Fred "Garbo" Garver also appears.

Adventure drama.

In the first moments of the film, we follow a starving waif through the cruel streets of the Caliph's city. As he travels the streets, we see many people engaging in acts of jugglery, fire-breathing, and devil sticking with a tree branch.

Dancer Sherazade was told by the stars that she will become wife of the kalif in Bagdad. She tells Kamar, brother of kalif Haroun. He planned a coup d'etat, which failed at first, but supported by the wasir he finally succeeds.

The Three Swifts pass flaming torches in dazzling color near the beginning of the film.

Original title was Feiying Gaiwak. Jackie is a talented special agent who is used for dangerous undercover work. The government employs him to try and find some gold that the Nazis allegedly left in Northern Africa 40 years ago. He soon discovers that he is not the only one searching for the gold; there are people willing to kill to get their hands on it.

Few of the stunts are close to juggling, but jugglers might better appreciate some of them than would the general public. In one early scene, a baddie's gun has been dropped on a rug. The baddie runs to get it; Jackie pulls the rug out from under him, shakes the rug sending the gun flying through the air, jumps over the guy to catch the gun in flight, and lands holding the gun at the baddie's head. About 1.5 seconds altogether. Check it out!

Germany.

Reported to contain juggling.

France. Short documentary film.

Reported to contain juggling.

France. Animation based on comic strip.

After the first third of the film, an Egyptian worker juggles 1, 3 and 5 huge bricks, used to build up the Pharaoh's pyramid, in the shower pattern. Another worker does some foot juggling with one brick. The workers have been given some magic potion from the French alchemist.

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter lets his accomplices steal the money, so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.

After 6 minutes Chico passes by some jugglers. After 22 minutes Groucho sings "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" and inspires a man in the foreground, possibly Jerry Maren, to briefly juggle 3 clubs.

A movie about the corruption in all levels of society. A baby is born from a supposed virgin woman, so a chain of hysteria about divine intervention in the birth takes place.

Towards the end of this film, there is a three ball cascade seen from the side for a few seconds during a gang rape scene.

Tom Hanks is about to marry Tawny Kitaen. Her parents hate him. Her old boyfriend hates him. They all have money while he gets a cut of the crap games on the Catholic school bus he drives. His friends decide to give him the bachelor party of all bachelor parties with an expensive hotel, booze, movies and hookers.

Reported to contain juggling.

The conclusion of the trilogy sends Marty McFly on a rescue mission to the year 1885, where he must save Doc Brown from death at the hands of yet another member of the Tannen clan.

At the celebration in the evening, at one point someone does some 4 ball juggling, which is out of focus in the background. It seems to be a half-shower in each direction, as well as a sync and async fountain, and columns. Juggling by Mickey O'Connor.

The young orphans Kutchek and Gore have been adopted by a tribe of clowns, jugglers, and entertainers.

Reported to contain juggling.

In Burt Lancaster's highly acclaimed portrayal of the circus legend, Phineas T. Barnum looks back at his life, starting when he is just a little boy. This made-for-TV movie shows how he muddled through his life and how he finally became a successful circus master. But to get there he had to risk everything he had and show enormous courage.

Fresh out of Ringling Brothers Clown College, Joel Heidtman appears as a juggler, along with Gene Jones, John Mark St. Jules, and 12-year-old Shane Hanson.

In this, the second Batman movie, megalomaniac businessman Max Shreck sets a plot against Gotham City in motion. He is joined by Penguin, a deformed and rather deranged man abandoned at birth by respectable parents. Penguin, backed by hoodlums and real penguins, runs for mayor. The plot is further complicated by Serena, a wronged secretary who transforms into Catwoman, a villain with mixed motives.

The Penguin's cohorts exhibit torch juggling and unicycling. At the beginning of the film, during the scene in which the circus storms the city, two guys pass torches on tall stilts.

School is out, and three girls head to the beach for vacation. Two of the girls are world-wise party-goers who attempt to loosen up their naive, virginal friend, whose uncle has allowed the girls to stay at his beach house.

This contains a juggler named Fritz "Frizzy" Turner doing some fairly simple tricks using 3, 4, and 5 balls, for about 10 seconds. He does some 3 ball chops and 4 ball multiplex throws. All that was done with 5 was a cascade and a couple of multiplex tricks. The scene was more notable for the people who pass in front of this guy as he juggles. First a young woman, holding a wine bottle in one hand and a spatula in the other, displaying her rather large bare breasts. She was closely followed by a bare-chested man wearing a football helmet and holding a plunger. I'm not making this up.

Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced "affections" of conceited Gaston. The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. A wrong turn taken by Maurice, Belle's father, causes the two to meet.

Under a second of juggling during each of two songs, "The Gaston" and "Be Our Guest." Short, but they got the juggling right. Credited as acrobat/jugglers were Rafi Goldvasser, Eduardo Hobshar, Nitzan Zytzer, and Eran Lavy.

At the turn of the century, Henri Gauthier-Villars, a notorious bachelor, marries the young country girl Gabrielle Colette and introduces her to debauched Parisian life. Gabrielle keeps a diary of all her experiences, which Villars, the spendthrift heir to a publishing house, prints as the Claudine series under his pen-name of Willy. Villars sets up a threesome with Gabrielle and Polaire, one of his mistresses, but the women become lovers and allies. Gabrielle finally becomes fed up with the duplicity of Villars, and publishes her books under her own name, Colette.

Reported to contain juggling.

Benny runs a car repair shop, and is having trouble keeping a housekeeper to take care of his mentally disturbed sister Joon. Without supervision she tends to set things on fire and create public disturbances. One night they lose in a poker game and have to agree to take in a friend's cousin, Sam, who also has some erratic personality traits. When Joon and Sam begin falling in love, Benny must deal with his feelings about not being needed as much by his sister, and about his plans to put her in a group home.

Johnny Depp performs Keaton-esque physical comedy, including a hubcap spin on a finger and three plates being handed back and forth among three people in a cascade. He also does some street performance and various balancing tricks in the movie.

Germany. Also known as "Berlin, Symphony of a Great City." This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night.

During the last act, there's a club juggler on the stage of a vaudeville theatre.

On a special train, Betty's show troupe rehearses. Betty sings, and Koko does a soft-shoe. The train itself also does tricks.

Bimbo juggles.

Nick Chapman graduates from film school, and his short film wins a special prize. This gives him a high enough profile that he can get Hollywood to back the film he has long dreamed of making. Studio head Allen Habel is interested. But Nick soon is seduced by Hollywood and makes one concession after another until his original movie is lost altogether. Worse, Nick is lost, too, turning on girlfriend Susan and old buddy Emmet. Will he come to his senses before everything is lost?

During a party at a Hollywood producer's home, there is a guy juggling torches while standing over a pool with two nude women lounging on an air mattress below him.

Three time loser Duke Berne risks life in prison with one more armored car robbery. His attorney's wife Lorna, Berne's old sweetheart, keeps him from it, but he goes to jail anyway. Duke and Lorna get some time together again after he stages a prison break, but if he stays with her, his old friend George will have to take the rap for killing one of the guards.

There is some club juggling and club passing.

The Phelps Department Store is about to be sold by its new part owner, Tommy Rogers, with the permission of Martha Phelps, the dowager co-owner. The current manager doesn't want this, as the irregularities in the books will show up. When an attempt is made on Tommy's life, Martha enlists the worst private eye in the world to protect him, Wolf J. Flywheel.

The Marx Brothers appear on a unicycle.

Sequel to Tim Burton's Pee-wee's Big Adventure. This time, Pee-Wee finds himself involved with a circus that becomes held up in a storm in his home town. However, the local community are hostile to the freakish traveling band.

There are about three seconds of juggling apples off in the distance at one point. Also, Pee Wee attempts to juggle apples.

Continuation of "Bill," the 1981 movie about a retarded man, played by Mickey Rooney.

In this sequel, Turk Pipkin appears as a juggler.

Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the story of a young man's rise from gopher to right hand man in Dutch Schultz' gang. Having been impressed by the youth, Schultz takes him under his wing. Billy soon finds himself in a world where wealth and fortune live next door to danger and death.

Loren Dean, as young Billy, juggles 3 balls and 4 balls on a train trestle.

In order to inherit his fed-up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again.

At a garden party about 30 minutes into the film, a stilt-walking clown, played by Jonathan Seglins, juggles 3 clubs briefly before being tripped and falling.

A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.

This has about a minute of a big circus scene with many acts performing at once. Miss Lani is featured doing foot juggling. There is also some ring spinning and 3 clubs are juggled on a tall unicycle. The circus performers are Ron Henon, Billy Barton, Corky Cristiani, Victor Julian, Richard Berg, Joe Monahan, Adolph Dubsky, and Pat Anthony.

Rick has been given a new identity by the FBI for helping convict a drug dealing FBI agent. Fifteen years later his former fiancee recognizes him. Rick's FBI "minder" has been replaced by a corrupt agent who helps the drug dealing FBI agent and his accomplice locate him. There are many subsequent chase scenes as Rick and his girlfriend revisit his former haunts.

Near the beginning, 3 clubs are juggled for a few seconds in each of two scenes.

Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel, "Black Arrow" follows the daring exploits of an expert bowman against the evil Sir Daniel. The action takes place during the War of the Roses in 15th century England. This historical conflict led to the accession of Henry VII.

There are at least two scenes with torch juggling, ring juggling and fire spitting during a feast and games of the knights.

Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in the Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.

About 25 minutes into the movie, there is a banquet scene. Two jugglers are passing balls across the front of the King's table. They're onscreen for about 10 seconds. The one on the right is Chris Julian and the one on the left is Frank Jeffreys.

Original title was Lan Feng Zheng. A Chinese movie about societal conditions around the time after Stalin died.

There were several Chinese children, and one of them was playing with a simple wooden one-piece diabolo. He was just idling it, and not doing any tricks.

26 minute documentary on the great American juggler Bobby May. All significant known film footage was obtained through the efforts of Emily May, Dick Franco, and Stuart Lippe.

The definitive video on one of history's greatest jugglers. Rare, previously unseen archival footage includes the earliest known film of Bobby May from 1920. This features a live interview, and a high-quality seven-minute copy of "The Juggling Fool" produced in 1938 by the Vitaphone Corporation.

The familiar story of Captain Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Captain Bligh to get his loyalists safely to Australia in a tiny lifeboat.

Reported to contain juggling.

Jane is a night club singer, out of work and looking for a ride-share to accompany her to Los Angeles. Her advertisement is answered by Robin, a shy young lady very unlike the brash Jane. A stop in Pittsburgh picks up a third, Holly, escaping a violent and drug-dealing husband. Girls on the road, reaching understanding, respect, and care for each other.

There's a two second scene of a leapfrog steal with three clubs, followed by flourishes, performed by David Kha and Angelo Romeo, both from Tucson, AZ.

A lawyer, cab driver and a handyman are three manic idiots who team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.

Bob Nelson does a little juggling performance with 3 scarves during a dancing scene.

William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.

After about 20 minutes, when Wallace is back in his village and the wedding is going on, two men are standing at the left of the picture, passing six knives. They fit very well in the scene, and give it more life.

Brewster is a minor league baseball player. Unknown to him, he had a (recently deceased) rich relative. In order to test if Brewster knows the value of money, he is given the task of disposing of $30m in 30 days.

Reported to contain juggling.

In pursuit of stolen aircraft engines on a Central American island, federal agent Rigby meets chief suspect Hintten and his wife Elizabeth, a sultry cafe singer; and is watched by Bealer, a "pie-shaped man" with sore feet. Rigby knows he's on the right track when Bealer offers him money to leave Carlota. When Rigby and Elizabeth are drawn to each other, the gang realizes there's more than one kind of bribe.

Jerry Pina is credited as a stunt juggler.

Danny Rose is a manager of artists, and although he's not very successful, he nevertheless goes out of his way to help his acts. So when Lou Canova, a singer who has a chance of making a come-back, asks Danny to help him with a problem, Danny does. This problem is Lou's mistress Tina. Lou wants Tina to be at his concerts, otherwise he can't perform, but he's married, so Danny has to take her along as if she was his girlfriend. Danny gets more than he has bargained for when two mobsters come looking for the guy who has hurt their brother by stealing the heart of Tina, the girl he loves.

There are references to Danny Rose managing a one-handed juggler, who appears in one party scene doing two balls in one hand.

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are a not very successful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people from whom they lent money, gives him the name of his partner. Because of Shaw's attitude to alcohol, problems begin.

Features Trixie Firschke (Trixie Larue) doing some mouthstick and rubber ball tricks in a scene with Fred Astaire. Excellent juggling scene of over 4 minutes also includes good 6 plate juggling. Also contains unicyclist Blair Woolstencroft.

Henry Brubaker is the new warden at Wakefield prison. He makes his entrance as a prisoner in order to get a convict's view of the real state of the institution. To his horror, he finds all manner of abuse and corruption, which after disclosing his real identity, he sets out to correct.

In the seventh minute a prisoner juggles three balls, only seen for a second.

Biography of 1950's rock and roll star Buddy Holly, who was killed in a plane crash early in his career.

Reported to contain juggling.

Moore and Caine play dual rolls in this off-beat and highly silly caper - a pair of small time con-men and a partnership of nuclear physicists.

Has some club passing by Michael Angelo and Leif Lewis and a little other juggling in the background in one scene.

Donald O'Connor plays the great silent comedian.

O'Connor cascades three clubs in a late scene of Keaton in performance. Picking up three more, he hurls all six in the air, only to be showered by a hailstorm of about 20 clubs. Earlier, he does a nice single spin with a bouquet of flowers to a catch in a balance on the back of his hand.

A clairvoyant thinks she's met her husband-to-be because she's seen him in her dreams. They marry quickly, and return to the husband's home in the city. She has a big impact on everyone she meets by anticipating their questions and actions and advising them on their love life. Her interference then brings her into contact with the real man of her dreams.

32 minutes into the movie, a guy does a 5-ball lift bounce in the background of a street scene, seen for about 3 seconds. He is out of sync as the camera picks him up, and he loses it completely on-screen. A white ball bounces away. Later, in the background, there is a guy juggling 3 rings, who drops. He is also seen juggling 3 torches for less than a second. Juggling by Mickey O'Connor.

Charlie Sheen plays a rebellious inmate in an Army stockade.

There is a scene in the back of an army truck which has Charlie Sheen cascading 3 rolls of toilet paper. There may be another juggling scene earlier.

The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organizes elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of England before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members).

Two nearly naked men pass fire torches in the background of one scene.

A journalist (Anna) receives an obscene phone call that she mistakes for her boyfriend. She then agrees to meet with the caller at a bar, but instead of meeting the boyfriend, she witnesses a murder.

Includes a ball juggler in a street scene.

Romantic musical set in medieval times.

Reported to contain juggling.

This is a pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People.

There is a 90 second scene in a casting office showing many variety acts auditioning. Included jugglers are Edward Jackman with 3 tennis racquets, Gene Jones with 3 balls, and James Marcel juggling 3 giant knives.

Billy is sent down "from above" for one day to try and make amends for mistakes he made in life. Billy worked at the carnival running the carousel, which is where he met Julie. The carny owner Mrs. Mullen fires him because of jealousy, and he and Julie get married. Billy gets into bad habits when he can't find a job and they are forced to live a meager existence on Julie's factory pay. When Julie tells him she's pregnant, he feels compelled to somehow find a way to support his family, but the only option seems to be falling back into crime with his old pal Jigger.

Harry Johnson is credited as the juggler.

Rick Blaine, who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa is in town with her husband, Victor Lazlo. Lazlo is a Resistance leader, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country - but will he?

In the opening scene at a bazaar, three balls are juggled for about 10 seconds in various patterns.

Original title was Taki No Shiraito. Silent Japanese film. Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.

Taki has a famous water juggling act in a traveling carnival troupe.

Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, a mob-connected casino operator in Las Vegas, attempts a civilized lifestyle with his money-conditional wife, Ginger. Nicky Santoro, a boyhood friend of Ace and now a Made-Man of the Mafia, arrives in town with an ambitious agenda of his own that soon disrupts Ace's life. Before long, Ginger and her long-time leeching lover Lester, along with Nicky's mistakes, cause problems.

Robert DeNiro juggles three white balls for about 15 catches. Using several edits, he may have only gotten 4 or 5 throws at a time. The scene ends with him chasing the balls around the Las Vegas stage he's on. The credits list the excellent professional juggler Gil Dova, who may have only been used to teach DeNiro to juggle.

The Cat People originated way back in time, when humans sacrificed their women to Leopards, who mated with them. Cat People look similar to humans, but must mate with other Cat People. We follow brother and sister - who seem to be the only ones of their kind left.

This has a scene of about 30 seconds in which Nastassja Kinski does a very bad three ball cascade and half juggles 3 balls with Malcolm McDowell.

Siamese twins, playthings of desire. The loves and lives of the Hilton sisters. A murder mystery.

Includes appearances by jugglers Whitey Roberts and Paul Gordon.

Film about the Chinese Acrobats, including routines that date back 2,500 years.

Includes a large troupe of excellent female diabolists. It shows at least six women doing some very fast work with the whistling diabolos. One girl has two other girls feed their diabolos onto her string so that three are running around in a tight circle. There are also some amazing rolling globe, unicycling, foot juggling, double foot juggling, trick roping, and other excellent acts.

Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.

Contains a parody on club swinging.

While ostensibly on vacation with his wife and twelve children, famed detective Charlie Chan visits a circus at just the right time to become involved in the murder of one of the circus owners. Chan is prevailed upon to travel with the circus in hopes of discovering the killer before he, she - or it - strikes again.

Reported to contain juggling.

Animated version of E.B. White's story about a young pig that is saved from slaughter by a spider with a flare for promotion.

During a musical scene, a rat is eating everything in sight at a fair. He juggles some ridiculous number of pieces of fruit in the air in a shower pattern, and then throws them all up and catches them in his mouth.

Made for TV thriller about child-abuse.

Bob Mendelsohn and Dan McFeely pass 6 clubs and speak a bit, which they weren't supposed to be doing as extras, but which allowed them to join SAG as a result. The juggling scene had a withdrawn abuse victim show a bit of excitement in an otherwise dreary, withdrawn existence. Attracted by the skill and joy of Bob and Dan juggling at the L.A. zoo, our otherwise dreary tot shows a smile.

Our hero, the nincompoop, falls in love and gets involved in a crazy murder investigation in this film made in San Francisco.

Features 10-year-old Mark Bakalor who appears briefly in a scene at the child psychiatrist's office, providing comic distraction as the psychiatrist speaks with the hero. Mark is dumped out of a chair, then balances an umbrella, juggles 3 balls, and does a Groucho Marx impersonation. After the door is closed, you hear the sound of a slap come from inside, followed by Mark yelling, "Oww!"

Retelling of the fairy tale of the same name. Cinderella, adopted daughter of an upper-class lady, is made a slave in her own home. While her mother and ugly step-sisters are out at the royal ball she gets a surprise visit from a friend. (This may not be the version of Cinderella containing the juggling. See also The Glass Slipper (1955).)

There are 2 guys passing funky looking clubs, but the ungrateful audience decides to ignore them and focus on Cinderella coming down the stairs instead.

A young martial artist competes for and wins the right to go on a quest for the Book of All Knowledge held by a wizard named Zetan. Along the way, he meets strange enemies and allies - often having difficulty determining which is which.

Reported to contain juggling.

USSR. Also known as "Artisty tsirka." This 61-minute Russian color documentary played throughout the United States in 1960. It showed some of the finest Soviet circus acts, backed by narration and music.

Reported to contain juggling.

Silent film, comedy, 75 minutes.

Chaplin cascades bread, sausage, and cheese.

Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.

This scene lasts about a minute, and shows 3 men and a woman passing 12 clubs in a box pattern, as a woman walks through it. There is also a unicyclist juggling 3 clubs, and Miss Lani foot juggles.

Perseus has to rescue Andromeda, before she has to marry a monster. Zeus has set up a few tests for Perseus on the way, like capturing Pegasus, defeating Medusa, and finding a way to kill the dreaded Kraken.

In a market scene, there is a brief shot of a man juggling three fire torches and a boy juggling three sticks.

Wallace and Gromit become involved in a sheep rustling operation run from the local wool shop. Wallace falls for Wendolene, the shop owner, while Gromit is framed for the rustling by her pet dog.

A toy sheep that is shown in the foreground of the wool shop juggles about 6 balls in the time-honored pattern that people who can't juggle assume we all use, balls traveling in a perfect circle.

After leaving the army, Brian Flanigan tries to get a job in New York, but without a degree, this was not possible. He then decides to start studying for a business degree and gets a part time job as a bartender. He realizes its not that easy, but when boss Douglas Koglan teaches him the secrets of the trade they become the most famous bar-men in town.

There is some nice shaker cup manipulation performed by two bartenders.

Ronald's high school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. He fears losing her to rival Jeff, decides to go to college and pay more attention to sports.

Buster Keaton performs an extended juggling sequence.

Pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young promising pool player Vincent in a local bar, and he sees in him a younger version of himself. To try and make it as in the old days, Eddie offers to teach Vincent how to be a hustler. After some hesitation, Vincent accepts, and Eddie takes him and Vincent's girlfriend Carmen on a tour through the country to work the pool halls. However, Vincent's tendency to show off his talent - and by doing so warning off the players and losing money - soon leads to a confrontation with Eddie.

Reported to contain juggling.

TV detective drama.

Reported to contain juggling.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers take over the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center as they tell the story of the two sets of identical twins, separated long ago by a tragedy at sea, who grow up never knowing of the other, and accidentally meet up in the same town to the confusion of a wife, a courtesan, three or four merchants, and their own parents.

Much juggling and other circus skills throughout, by the FKB's and others. Appearing as the Flying Karamazov Brothers were Tim Furst, Paul Magid, Randy Nelson, Howard Patterson, and Sam Williams. Others who juggled were Avner Eisenberg, Derique McGee, Wendy Parkman, Rosalinda Rojas, Daniel Mankin, Jeff Raz, and Mark Sackett.

The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs." A group of 19th century English farm laborers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.

John Rafter Lee is credited as a juggler.

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

Contains juggling of flaming torches.

Luke is sent to a prison camp, where he gets a reputation as a hard man. The head of the gang hates him, and tries to break him by beating him up. It doesn't work, and he gains respect. His mother dies, and he escapes, but is caught, escapes again, and is caught again. Will the camp bosses ever break him?

As the camera moves along a prison corridor, on the left there's someone juggling with his back to the camera.

Italy. The Black Pirate is a Spanish nobleman who has sworn to kill the Viceroy of the island, whose rule there has been oppressive. Sword fights and battles abound as he seeks to fulfill his pledge while continuing his work as a pirate.

There's a juggling scene in a marketplace.

Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they are separated and each must live the other's life.

Reported to contain juggling.

Jake Tremont is about to go into surgery. He's 75 and scared, and feeling that he might have only these last few moments left to live, he wants to make some peace with his son, John, who is standing by his bedside.

Ted Danson cascades three balls briefly during a montage of waiting.

Buster goes away to the city to prove to his girl's father he can succeed. He writes her of his various jobs, which she glorifies in her imagination. She sees a surgeon, he is a vet's assistant; she sees him cleaning up on Wall Street, he's really a janitor.

Buster Keaton performs some minor juggling bits.

Bill and Abby a young couple who pretend to be brother and sister are living and working in Chicago at the beginning of the century. They find employment on a farm in Texas. The rich and handsome farmer invites them to stay because he has fallen in love with Abby.

Sam Shepard shortly cascades three potatoes after 40 minutes.

When letters written to God start getting results, and replies, people everywhere are amazed. The Post Office however is annoyed.

75-year-old Bud Markowitz appears dressed in biker gear, juggling, and saying, "I need a new hog."

De-Lovely is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits like "Anything Goes," "It's De-Lovely," and "Night and Day," Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light--including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and muse, Linda Lee Porter.

This is a very "classic musical theater" themed film. 3-ball juggling appears at a number of places throughout the film, though never prominently. Kevin Kline is shown briefly juggling 3 balls.

Kent, the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game that gives Kent a stranglehold over the local cattle rangers.

Several performers appear on stage briefly, including jugglers Loren B. Brown and Harold DeGarro. One of the jugglers does three balls, the other one spins a tray on his finger.

Hitman Dekker is on his last job, out to kill the wife (Jain) of his client, but he starts to waiver. The longer he takes to do the job the more difficult it becomes.

Juggler Bruce Manners appears briefly.

Spain/Italy. Also known as "Shoot!" and "Outrage." Cynical newshound Marco Vallez (Antonio Banderas) discovers his latent romantic instincts stirred at the circus by Italian-born sharpshooter Ana (Francesca Neri). They commence an affair, but while Marco toils out of town on assignment Ana is brutally raped by three itinerant laborers. Badly injured and still in shock, Ana tracks down the trio to a garage and cold-bloodedly guns them down. Hunted by police and pilloried in the tabloids, Ana nearly runs down a child, then takes the boy's family hostage in their home. Pressured by his editor to put a personal spin on the now-notorious Ana's standoff, reporter Marco refuses and races to save his lover's life.

There's a juggler on a unicycle in one scene.

Yugoslavia. Also known as "Sjecas Li Se Dolly Bell?" and "Erinnerst Du Dich an Dolly Bell?" Young pop singer hastens to grow up in the workers' paradise of 60's Yugoslavia. This surreal social comedy has a grim edge. His workers' state is a perpetual shadow world, where progress is measured by the number of years it takes to move into a new apartment or the few inches of flesh a stripper reveals in the light of a miner's lamp.

After 86 minutes a woman juggles three clubs for about 5 seconds.

Doctor Dolittle is a world-reknowned veterinarian who speaks a wide array of animal languages. He sets off from his home in Puddleby-by-the-Marsh, England, in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.

There is a little circus going on and there are two or three jugglers in the background juggling clubs.

Jack McKee is a doctor with it all. He's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems, until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realizes that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescription.

Mandy Patinkin juggles three golf balls at a nurses' station.

In 1904, Uncle Latsie comes to New York from Hungary with two little nieces, who immediately take to cafe dancing. To pay Uncle's card debts they decide to go into vaudeville. Lots of songs with a little story.

George Davis plays a French juggler.

Thriller.

Kevin Durkin is credited as the juggler.

Elvis goes to England in this musical. There the handsome "King" helps a beautiful British heiress out of a bind involving two jewel thieves and the police. He does so because the fleeing thieves stashed their loot in his luggage. Mayhem, music, and ultimately romance ensues.

After 50 minutes, we see some club passing at a fairground. Two minutes later there is torch passing and torch swinging in the background.

France. Also known as "The Twelve Tasks of Asterix." Animation based on comic strip.

Five minutes before the end, the Gallic fish merchant showers three fish, while the person behind him showers some hoops. In the middle of the "Circus Maximus" in Rome, other Gallic people also display circus arts.

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes there are two distinct sides to men - good and evil. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde, who commits horrendous crimes.

Reported to contain juggling.

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone. Experiments reveal his evil side, named Hyde. Experience teaches him how evil Hyde can be. He kills Ivy who earlier expressed interest in Jekyll, and Sir Charles, Jekyll's fiancee's father.

Reported to contain juggling.

Also known as "Fei long meng jiang." Lawyer Jackie represents the insidious interests of an illegal narcotics manufacturer. It seems these drug lords are dumping waste into a local pond and the pond's matriarch is suing. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, Jackie is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out. Torn between love and the law, Jackie and his clan solve the dilemma the only way they know how, by beating the bad guys into plasma.

Pauline Yeung is Jackie Chan's romantic interest. She juggles three oranges while they cook, until he throws an onion at her, messing up her pattern. He then teases her because he made her look foolish. This features some fantastic stunts and fight sequences, and is a must see for any Jackie Chan aficionado.

A king has made a pact with a dragon that he sacrifices virgins to, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone. An old wizard and his keen young apprentice offer to kill the dragon and attempt to save the next virgin in line - the King's own daughter.

Peter MacNicol juggles at a village celebration.

A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Busey specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords.

In one scene that takes place in Washington, there's a nice lingering view of a guy standing in the reflecting pool juggling 3 torches.

Three generations of women, a mother, her daughter and her niece - all called Cissie Colpitts - experience dissatisfaction with their husbands and cause them to drown. The local coroner, an inveterate game player called Madgett, is drawn into a plot to disguise the murders. The story is paced by the numbers one to one hundred, which appear sequentially through the film.

Someone is juggling three balls in the background of one scene. It is near the end of the wedding party around the middle of the movie.

Czech Republic.

This film has several juggling scenes. Near the beginning is ring juggling. 15 minutes into the film, Therese Herz juggles with 3 hot dumplings. Soon after, a club juggler appears. After another 15 minutes, Herz juggles three hot eggs, and a few minutes after that, three apples. Finally, ball jugglers appear in two additional scenes.

Biography of the Norwegian Expressionist artist.

Reported to contain juggling.

This is another variation of the Cinderella story. The bright and beautiful Ella lives in the household of a lord since her mother died. She's unhappy because the lord's daughters treat her like their servant. The country has problems, because the prince is a dreamer and doesn't realize that his chancellor abuses his power. When the day nears that the prince is forced by law to find a wife, a celebration on a frozen lake is arranged. Ella manages to skate on the lake for him too, hiding her identity. The prince falls in love with her, so he tries to find her. His chancellor attempts to hinder them, since he knows about Ella's critical thoughts.

21 minutes into the film, there's torch passing in the background at a medieval ice feast.

France. Also known as "Children of Paradise." This film usually appears in every list of the top five films ever made. The protagonist is a mime, but don't hold it against him. He works at the Funambules in Paris. It seems that at some stage a century or two ago, theatre was made illegal in Paris. To get around this, theatre shows were performed on a tightrope, since circus and vaudeville weren't illegal.

There's a fair bit of peripheral juggling and various other circus skills in this amazing film.

The young and self-confident Danny (Griffin O'Neal) bluffs at the local police station that he will escape out of prison within one hour. What follows is a flashback about his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are vaudeville artists themselves. We also follow the problems of Danny with the corrupt son of the mayor (Raul Julia).

Griffin O'Neal does some juggling.

Silent Comedy.

Reported to contain juggling.

Elliot is going to the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but inadvertently photographs diamond smugglers at work. Smugglers and detectives follow him to the island, where they try to retrieve the film. Elliot begins falling in love with Lisa, the head mistress of the island, and Lisa must evaluate her feelings about Elliot and her own motivations.

Bud Markowitz juggles Ben-Wa balls.

A collection of fourteen award winning animated short films.

Reported to contain juggling.

What do an elderly topiary gardener, a retired lion tamer, a man fascinated by mole rats, and a cutting-edge robotics designer have in common? Both nothing and everything in this unconventional documentary. These four separate and highly specialized subjects are presented and interrelated in this study of humanity, raising questions about the future of mankind.

The segments on the lion tamer include scenes at the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus, with club swinging, club passing, and torch juggling.

An innocent dentist is murdered, the only apparent motive to steal a set of dental x-rays. To the police it looks like an accident, so Jane Adams, loyal dental assistant, consults massive private eye Brad Runyan.

Reported to contain juggling.

A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct. A man leads a dual life. As a cop, he arrests criminals, and then defends them as an attorney. He is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic. Lots of other subplots and visual gags in the style of Naked Gun.

Deon Aumaier is the torch juggler in the background of one scene. The movie originally included a great sight gag where the waiter bumped into the juggler, causing him to catch the torches on the wrong end. Then, after burning his hands, the juggler ran to grasp the breasts of the mermaid ice statue centerpiece. Unfortunatley, this scene ended up on the cutting room floor.

Psychic Ally Sheedy helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent, who wants to share the fear of his victims with her.

Near the end, during the showdown at the fairground, Ally Sheedy passes by a three ball juggler seen in the background.

On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy. He gets more than he bargained for from the train and the coffin.

Michael O'Keefe juggles three oranges (cascade and chops) quite relaxed in a train.

The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.

Reported to contain juggling.

Twelfth century Lombardy lies under the iron heel of German overlord Count Ulrich, The Hawk, but in the mountains, guerrillas yet resist. Lighthearted swashbuckling, plus romantic interludes with lovely hostage Anne.

Circus arts are used to fight the evil tyrant. Starting about 69 minutes into the movie, there are several juggling bits during the next 13 minutes. First, 3 club passers appear. Then a balance trick. Then, in the background, we see 3 balls in a cascade and 3 clubs in columns. Finally, someone uses shoulder chops with clubs to knock out his enemies.

One-reeler silent comedy.

Reported to contain juggling.

A TV movie about the life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.

In an early scene Hope and a friend are walking at a carnival, and she had the first attack of her disease right after walking by someone who was juggling clubs.

With the help of the singer and dancer Dixie Leonhard, entertainer Eddie Sparks wants to bring some fun to the soldiers during World War II. Becoming a perfect team they tour from North Africa to the Pacific to act for "the boys."

As James Caan and Bette Midler are walking backstage at a TV show, the camera backs up, and clubs start passing across in front of them. The clubs are dropped immediately and James Caan disgustedly kicks one away and says to one of the jugglers, "What are you, blind!?"

Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in a cafe beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner, but Johnny is determined their romance will blossom.

Bud Markowitz is one of the regular cafe customers, who juggles oranges at a table to get vitamin C.

Germany. Circus drama.

There are two juggling scenes, mostly obscured in the background. After 46 minutes an acrobat spins rings while doing a handstand. 13 minutes later, there's a club juggler.

Having escaped in the last episode, Jason is back, hockey mask and all, to continue his murderous rampage across Crystal Lake.

This movie, originally in 3-D, has about 90 seconds of simple juggling. Larry Zerner plays Shelly, a chubby guy who juggles 3 balls on a beach, and later competes with the handsome lead played by Jeffrey Rogers to see who can juggle the longest. Zerner does 3 apples in a shower, sometimes viewed from just above the pattern for optimal 3-D effect. Rogers does a 3 ball cascade. 2 girls look on in pained boredom. One tells Rogers that she can think of better things he could be doing with his hands. He immediately drops, declares Zerner the winner, and heads off with the girl to a bedroom.

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?

About 30 minutes into the film, the Quaker family goes to a fun-fair. In the background some clubs are being juggled. In the last scene at the fun-fair, a man juggles rings briefly.

A psychic private detective who consorts with deceased souls becomes engaged in a mystery as members of the town community begin dying mysteriously. While investigating, he is aided by a friendly doctor who believes in his psychic abilities and is hindered by a crazed G-man, a woman involved in an old serial killing, and what may be the spirit of Death itself.

At the start of a scene in a Renaissance-themed restaurant, the camera pans across a juggler in the foreground, played by Stephen Aitken, cascading three clubs.

Dr. Richard Kimble comes home to find an intruder has murdered his wife. The police fail to find any evidence to back the doctor's story, and he is convicted of his wife's murder. On route to the prison, Kimble has the chance to escape. He uses this opportunity to find the real killer. Hunting Kimble is a persistent US marshal.

Has a very short scene, shot at a Saint Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, with two 3-club jugglers. One doing single spins gets a close-up, the other in the background does double spins.

U.K. Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.

A store clerk juggles three brushes. Later he is referred to as "that jooglin' booger."

Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian but his Las Vegas debut is a failure. He goes back to England, where his comedian father started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood. He starts to search for a partner, a comic relief, with whom he can be famous.

Many variety acts are seen briefly, including juggler Laci Endresz, Jr. The dazzling clown George Carl appears here as half of a fictional comedy team, the Parker Brothers, along with British stand-up comic Freddie Davies. Carl does some hat tricks, and Carl and Davies do some plate manipulation. In another scene there are three male unicyclists in tutus, riding in a cascade pattern.

Pseudolus is the laziest slave in Rome who has but one wish, to purchase his freedom. He concocts a deal in which he will be freed if he can procure a beautiful girl for young Hero.

The big military guy, Miles Gloriosus, orders an orgy for 40 men and part of the entertainment is a juggler. 3-ball cascade, then ping pong balls with his mouth. Don't watch this if you don't like slapstick or many female bosoms.

Two reporters, Chuck and Tracy, get a message from a third one who discovered something about Futureworld and becomes killed before he could tell anyone about it. They visit Futureworld to find out what he knew.

18 minutes from the start of the film, a jester juggles 3 apples in a medieval scene.

Germany. Also known as "Trick of the Light."

Eugen, who can juggle, joins a circus in the first act. In the second act, Eugen juggles instead of Paul Petras, and even has to save the show with his juggling at the Wintergarten in Berlin.

Heiress Ursula Stanhope treks off to Africa for adventure, and to get away from fiance Lyle Vandergroot. He follows her anyway. Ursula is rescued from a lion attack by George, who whisks her to his jungle tree house. There they are smitten by each other. Returning with her to San Francisco, it is George's turn to be bewildered by the urban jungle. Meanwhile, Lyle and his devious trackers pursue schemes of their own to kidnap George's elephant "doggie."

Brendan Fraser juggles three apples in a cascade and a half shower, or juggler's tennis, using a smooth low pattern.

United States. Drama. Filmed in Yosemite National Park.

Greg Kovacevich, from Fresno, California, juggles in the carnival scene.

Germany. Gold-digger docu-drama.

After 70 minutes, there is a very brief scene with three clubs.

The story follows Buster as a hopeful who wants to win a prize by juggling on a radio amateur show, which is, of course, no less absurd than Edgar Bergen's ventriloquism on the radio.

Buster Keaton performs a comic juggling routine.

The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.

Three rings are cascaded during a drive past the high school.

Flamarion, an expert marksman, entertains people in a show featuring a beautiful woman and her alcoholic husband. Flamarion and Connie fall in love and decide to get rid of her husband.

Some juggling by Red Johnson.

Biography of John L. Sullivan.

Some juggling by Red Johnson.

Story of the Wallenda circus family.

Reported to contain juggling.

To ensure a profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

Opens with Massimiliano Truzzi juggling 3 clubs in a parade, with several under the leg throws. He is later seen juggling 5 clubs briefly. Just after this, Veronica Martell force bounces five balls, and forces them up into a cascade in the air. A devil stick is used briefly in the background. There are also good views of some excellent foot juggling by Miss Lani and two other women.

Maurice Allington, the alcoholic, sexually promiscuous, and unappealing lead character owns a country inn called "The Green Man." He frightens and regales his guests, when he's not trying to seduce them, with tales of ghosts and spirits haunting his hotel. A ghost story for adults.

Albert Finney juggles three eggs while making breakfast.

Germany. Also known as "Reach for the Stars."

A juggler wants to throw seven balls and have them remain in the air for a second, like the stars in the Big Bear. There are several minutes of juggling seen throughout the movie, including a cascade with 5 large balls, nice tricks with three large balls, some work with a mouth-stick, and up to 7 small balls. Juggling scenes by Toni Wells. Actor Erik Schumann juggles three large balls and small balls. Freddy Zay is credited as "artistical advisor."

Third sequel to popular action/adventure finds the seven trying to free a Mexican revolutionary. Plenty of action to please genre buffs, fans of series, though this is familiar territory.

After about 40 minutes, there is a club juggler in the background at a fair.

This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the sixties, tells the story of Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is short because Claude must go to Vietnam.

Michael Moschen does a few seconds of torch swinging at the beginning of the film, in a tunnel. Moschen is not seen, just the fire.

Hamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King, dies. His mother Gertrude has already married Hamlet's uncle Claudius, the new King. They urge Hamlet to marry his beloved Ophelia. But soon the ghost of Hamlet's father appears and tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius and Gertrude. Hamlet must choose between passive acquiescence and the need for a vengeance which might lead to tragedy.

About halfway through, during the festivities surrounding the play Hamlet created to expose his murdering uncle, we see a trio of jugglers passing nine torches in a triangle pattern very briefly.

A completely fabricated biography of the famous Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen, featuring several of his stories and a ballet performance of "The Little Mermaid."

In a scene where Hans is in jail, he looks out the window and sees a little girl who is carrying a red diabolo and hand sticks.

Christopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and - a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room as soon as possible, but when he gets to know her, he also starts to like her. She not only improves his sex life, but also his writing skills.

Patrick Dempsey rides a unicycle briefly and cascades three balls. At age 15 in 1982, Dempsey tied for 2nd place in the IJA Juniors Championship, losing to 8-year-old Anthony Gatto.

A wandering soldier finds a robot head in the post-apocalyptic desert. He brings it back to his girlfriend for use in one of her sculptures. He investigates the origin of the head, and discovers it's from the Mark 13 project, canceled because of unreliability. His girlfriend becomes endangered when the robot puts itself back together using parts she has for her sculptures.

A diaboloist is glimpsed as Dylan McDermott walks in the city.

Germany. Silhouette film. 24 minutes, to baroque music.

After a few minutes Harlekin does a shower pattern with various objects.

Germany.

A woman juggles two rings during the arrival in Montevideo.

New Zealand. Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.

There is brief juggling of three oranges in a dream sequence with earthen people in medieval outfits.

Crazy as hell, at 100 miles an hour, loaded with sight gags that sometimes work and sometimes fall as flat as a burned pancake; but the feeling is surprisingly contemporary. The story begins in Purgatory, with Olsen and Johnson jumping in and out of a story that's barely there, basically a little romance tale of poor boy meets rich girl and wins her heart after putting on the traditional show. O. and J. constantly argue with the film's director and cameraman on camera about the restraints put upon them while mindless mayhem ensues - someone constantly yelling "Jones!" for no good reason; Auer, a rich count, chasing Martha Raye about madly, and vice versa.

Near the beginning of the film, two devils pass three flaming torches while three other devils run through their pattern. Also features other specialty acts.

A writer of bad detective novels has writer's block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder, at first thinking her innocent. But as she shows more and more interesting abilities - such as knife throwing - he begins to doubt his first assessment. He is still falling for her, but more and more nervous as time passes, and there are more close calls with death on his part.

Laura Green did stand-in juggling and taught Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova to juggle. Throughout the grand finale during a clown meeting, there is quite a lot juggling in the background, including brief bits of club juggling and passing as well as ball spinning. One of the "evil enemies" even gets knocked out by a dozen clubs.

Romance develops between a humble girl and a blue-blooded German heir. The two decide to wed. They hold a dinner party to celebrate their engagement. There, his stuffy parents are shocked and appalled by the girl's father. Naturally the wealthy family insures that the lovers break up.

About 35 minutes into the movie, the wealthy Von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son's fiancee (W.C. Fields) begins his juggling act at the table, juggling 3 plates and then 3 dinner rolls at a formal dinner.

Mythological adventure.

In the first town, a man juggles knives.

10 minutes. (Prints of this film no longer exist.)

This film is said to have included Field's first recorded golfing routine.

Germany. Also known as "College."

There are many short juggling sequences during the opening titles. After about 10 minutes, a man and a girl juggle with three hats and three clubs, and later with three large umbrellas and three hats.

Robert Alda is the Master of Ceremonies for this variety show, featuring the Hoosier Hot Shots, Shaw & Lee, The 3 Rio Brothers, Whirl, Twirl & A Girl, The Four Dandies, and several individual acts.

Performing acrobatics and juggling are the Depina Troupe, made up of Frank Gil, Ted Gutierrez, Abel Pina, Tony Pina, Jerry Pina, Dorothy Pina, and Paul Gordon.

Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy's granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts).

Someone juggles 3 torches in a very crowded dock scene.

Fat kid watches girls on the beach with a telescope.

Many street performers appear, including Robert Gruenberg, the Chain Saw Juggler.

Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he must take a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he is not quite sure where they are, and meets smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.

About 18 minutes into the film, someone juggles three knives.

Charley is a surgeon who recently lost his wife. He embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.

About a half hour into the film, before dinner, Charles Matthau (as Ann's son) juggles three lemons for about 20 seconds in the kitchen.

In order to rebuild his wax museum after a fire, Professor Henry Jarrod has resorted to using human bodies covered with wax. One visitor is convinced that the "Joan of Arc" is in fact the body of a friend, which had been stolen from the morgue. Originally in 3-D.

There are two or three 2 minute sequences of master paddleball artist Reggie Rymal doing two paddleball tricks, catching the balls in his mouth, doing a rock the baby in the cradle move, and more.

The simple story of two young Michigan high school students attempt to get into a small Pennsylvania college. Jennifer is class president, local smart girl, and object of Marlon's affections. Jennifer fights off her parent's expectation of going to their alma mater of the University of Michigan, while Marlon fights his grades and SAT scores.

Corey Parker juggles three oranges in his bedroom very smoothly, and then, as part of a video he makes to get into college, he juggles torches. He then tosses one over his shoulder and makes the whole set go up in flames.

Fields appears in one 10 minute installment called "Hip Action," in this series of golf-improvement shorts starring links legend Bobby Jones. A delightful ditty with one good line by Fields, and a look at his truly horrible golf swing before Jones puts things right. An interesting instruction video for duffers that shows how far golf technique had already advanced by 1933. This film is available on various golf instruction videos, probably under various titles at a well-stocked pro shop.

W.C. Fields provides an example of his juggling skill using golf balls,

The history of western expansion in the United States, as told by the story of one pioneer family's history. Zebulon Prescott takes his family from New York, heading west in the early 1800s. His children and grandchildren eventually reach the western shore after years of hardship, war, and struggle.

Includes a scene in a saloon that has two men passing clubs on a stage in the background. It seemed like they might be wearing native American costumes.

King Louis XI is a wise and old king and Frollo is the Chief Justice. Frollo gazes on the gypsy girl, Esmeralda, in the church during Fool's Day and sends Quasimodo to catch her. Quasimodo, with the girl, is captured by Phoebus, Captain of the Guards, who frees the girl. The courts sentence Quasimodo to be flogged, and the only one who will give him water while he is tied in the square is Esmeralda. Later, at a party of nobles, Esmeralda again meets both Frollo, who is bewitched by her, and Phoebus. When Phoebus is stabbed to death, Esmeralda is accused of the murder, convicted by the court and sentenced to hang. Clopin, King of the Beggars, Gringoire the Husband of Esmeralda, and Quasimodo, the bellringer, all try different ways to save her from the gallows.

In the crowd scene after 6 minutes are three seconds of ring juggling. After approximately 7 minutes there is a ball balance. After 39 minutes, there is a chair balanced on the chin of Esmeralda and Gregoire. This was faked, but contains dialogue about juggling.

In 15th century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by the Minister of Justice. Quasimodo meets the lively gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome soldier Phoebus. Quasimodo must desperately defend both Esmeralda and the very cathedral of Notre Dame.

This includes a brief moment of juggling in a shower pattern. It occurs at the beginning of the movie when the gargoyles are encouraging Quasimodo to go to the Festival of Fools and mention that jugglers will be there. The actual festival scenes, however, don't include any jugglers.

Animation.

A little rabbit does a clever teaspoon balance on his nose.

A high school drama teacher is wrongly outed as a gay man by a former student while accepting an Academy Award. Comedy ensues in the teacher's private life and small town where he teaches. Story is loosely based on Tom Hanks' acceptance speech when receiving his Academy Award for "Philadelphia."

Immediately following the wedding scene, one of the students, a high school senior, is in a basement discussing the events of the wedding, and does a flash of 3 oranges.

This controversially explicit Japanese film is based on a true story set in pre-war Japan. A man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair, and their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.

Original title was Ai no Corrida. This includes a scene of women sitting and juggling small stones during a singing game. It's on screen for a good while and is very interesting to watch.

Australia. Musical thriller.

Includes fire juggler Colin Bogaars.

Professor Wong has invented a television machine and invites everyone to see it at China's International House Hotel. Every time Tommy Nash attempts to wed his fiancee Carol Fortescue, he comes down with an illness, and when he breaks out in a rash the hotel is quarantined. Into this hotel flies Professor Quail in his helicopter-plane.

Features W.C. Fields doing a wonderful brief cane trick as he is walking down a hallway.

Also known as "Stephen King's It." A series of murders prompts Mike Hanlon to suspect that the supernatural menace that he and a group of friends battled as children has returned. He begins to call his friends to remind them of the oath they swore: if It returned again, they would come back to Derry to do battle again.

A photo in a book suddenly comes to life and you can see someone juggling clubs in the background.

Also known as "Ji zhao" and "Crystal Fist." A martial arts student is bound and determined to avenge his father's murder. To decimate the gang responsible, he must go into the most intense training of his life.

This has an amusing 2 minute scene with two Japanese men, one young and one old, with classic terrible dubbing into English. The old man displays his better reflexes, dodging a knife used by the young man to chop vegetables. Then, for no apparent reason, the old man manipulates 2 and 3 plates fairly well, and then a plate and bowl. He finishes the scene by tossing 8 bowls into a stack on his head, the last from his foot.

Young Vincenzo Cortino, son of a Sicilian postman, delivers a package for his father and accidentally sees something he should not see. In America, Vincenzo works his way up to the top of the Mafia. One day, his youngest son makes a mistake and has to leave town. A little later, he ends up as a casino boss in Las Vegas. But the heads of the other families want old Don Cortino out of the way. So, they shoot him 47 times and send a very attractive woman to distract his son from his casino work. Will he fall for her or will he return to Diane, who, by the way, had run for President successfully in the meantime?

A parade scene shows 5 nuns juggling big salami-sized sausages. One of the nuns is Renata Fossett.

One of the obsessive speculations in American history is whether Thomas Jefferson, in the years before he became president, had an affair with (and fathered a child with) his 15-year-old slave Sally Hemings. Here we follow Jefferson to France, and see the death of his wife, his friendships and flirtations with the French, and his relationship with his daughters and slaves from home (especially Sally), against the backdrop of the beginning of the French Revolution.

Somebody outside a French cathedral does about eight seconds of a shaky three ball cascade, while two dogs bark at his feet.

Navin is an idiot. He grew up in Mississippi as adopted son of a black family. But at his 18th birthday he feels he wants to discover the rest of the world and sets out to St. Louis. Everyone exploits his naivete, but then a simple invention brings him a fortune.

The juggling scene is over a minute and shows Steve Martin, as a Mexican carnival performer, juggling 3 kittens. From the script: (A scene in a Mexican bar - cat juggling!! Navin is shocked. The juggler looks suspiciously like Navin, but rest assured, according to the movies credits, Steve Martin plays Navin, and Pig Eye Jackson is credited as the cat juggler.) "Good Lord - I've heard about this - cat juggling! Stop! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Good. Father, could there be a god that would let this happen?"

This is the sequel to Romancing the Stone, where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an invitation to go to some middle eastern country as a guest of the sheik, but there she is abducted and finds herself involved with the "jewel." Jack decides to rescue her with his new partner Ralph. They go from one adventure to another.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers play a band of sufis and juggle and pass scimitars. Avner Eisenberg, who incorporates juggling in his one-man physical comedy shows, has a large role. The FKB's, consisting of Paul Magid, Howard Patterson, Randy Nelson, Sam Williams, and Tim Furst, can be seen in the background throughout the whole film.

France. Short documentary film.

Shows a juggler from Java.

This is the classic Anatole France story translated to the new world and updated to the 1970's. An amazingly religious and inspirational story, despite the fact that Anatole France was a devout agnostic. Regardless of how many times you see it, you will still gasp and jerk a tear or two at the beautiful climactic ending.

Several juggling scenes.

Based on the classic fable by Anatole France. About an itinerant juggler who can't make a go of it in any "practical" line of work. On Christmas Eve, it is customary for the clergy at Notre Dame cathedral to offer presents to the statue of the Virgin Mary. He knows no craft, can sing no song, can write no books. What can he offer the blessed Virgin? The answer is implicit in the title, but even without the element of surprise, The Juggler of Notre Dame is a captivating, heartwarming tale.

Carl Carlsson has about 6 significant juggling scenes.

Animated adaptation of the classic French story of "The Juggler of Notre Dame."

Several juggling scenes.

Kirk Douglas plays Hans Muller, a juggler and a Jewish concentration camp survivor, who emigrates to Israel in 1949 to begin a new life. When asked what he did when he was looking for a job, Muller said, "I'm a juggler." The response was, "What else can you do besides throw things up in the air?" Muller replied, "I throw things up in the air like Shakespeare was just a writer."

Douglas shows some skill with three clubs, doing behind the back throws and other basic tricks. Near the end, Douglas does a simple three ball routine.

A documentary exhibiting the process of motion, explored by means of slow-motion photography. One in a series of silent short films analyzing motion, probably to promote people's interest in seeing physical action in slow-motion. This film is probably no longer in existence.

This film focussed on motion involved in a juggling act.

Silent film.

Reported to contain juggling.

Silent film.

Unknown if juggling appears beyond this film's title.

Young Calvin Fuller is pulled into King Arthur's court by Merlin, his mission to save Camelot. To do this he must overcome the villain known as Lord Belascoe, train to become a knight, and rescue the Princess Catherine who has fallen in love with him. Ultimately, he must help Arthur regain his confidence before he can go home.

There is a banquet scene near the beginning in which two jugglers wander through, one doing a three ball cascade and one doing a three ball shower, just before the fire spitter.

The life of Jesus Christ.

In the scene when Salome dances for the king, and requests the head of John the Baptist, there is a glimpse of a man juggling torches.

Handsome British officer, Lt. Brian Fleming is sent undercover to infiltrate a lively band of pirates. He soon finds himself involved with the Captain's girlfriend, and then finds himself having to work quickly and smartly to capture a band of thieves.

Reported to contain juggling.

Ronald Colman is Hadji, "King of Beggars," in the days of the Arabian Nights. Posing as a prince, Colman woos Marlene Dietrich, the favorite wife of the evil Wazir (Edward Arnold). Meanwhile, Colman's daughter Joy Page falls in love with handsome Caliph James Craig, while the Wazir connives to get Page into his own harem.

Includes a performance of the juggling trio made up of Ramiro Rivas, William Rivas, and John Schaller.

Germany. Animation. Amadeus is a small Punker living in a trash can. He gets the idea to participate in a punk concert in front of the Brandenburger Tor and convinces his friends to found a band. But they have no instruments and thus have to earn some money. The eager police officer Herr Schulze is out to chase punks in Berlin and is about to interfere with their plans.

One of the punkers juggles 5 fruits in a supermarket, in the unrealistic circular juggling pattern typical of most cartoons.

It's 1650 in New Amsterdam, and Brom Broeck, a young outspoken newspaper publisher is arrested for printing advanced opinions on the undemocratic rule of Governor "Peg-Leg" Stuyvesant. While Brom is in prison, old "Peg-Leg" goes on the make for Brom's sweetheart. But, when "Peg-Leg" is forced to release Brom, watch out!

Circus scene features several acts, including the Johnson Brothers juggling team, Fred and Harry Johnson.

A traveling troupe of jousters and performers are slowly cracking under the pressure of hick cops, financial troubles and their failure to live up to their own ideals. The group's leader, King Billy, is increasingly unable to maintain his warrior's rule while the Black Knight is being tempted away to Los Angeles and stardom, as they all have to ask why they were here in the first place.

Reported to contain juggling.

John Liu plays one of five martial arts masters in Kung Fu Commandos. One of the masters' comrades in arms is captured by an evil warlord. The quintet heads to the villain's lair, only to be confronted by an army of kung-fu experts. Several chops, lunges, slashes and "arghs" later, they meet the bad guy face to face - and hand to hand and foot to foot. Never does one second of the film's 90 minutes slip by without something happening, usually explosively violent in nature.

Reported to contain juggling.

Harris Telemacher is the "Wacky Weather" presenter for a Los Angeles television station. He finds himself battling the insane conditions and people caused by the manic chaos that is Los Angeles.

Venice Beach footage includes torch juggling by Robert Lind. A background scene alludes to the dangers of chainsaw juggling.

Young Sarah is left home alone by her parents and has to babysit her little brother Toby. While telling him a story to make him sleep, Sarah inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the King of Goblins, who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah has to rescue him before midnight, or the baby will became a goblin.

Michael Moschen performed contact juggling for David Bowie by sticking his arms through Bowie's costume and watching on a video monitor. Moschen was credited as a choreographer. The first contact juggling scene occurs 13 minutes into the film. The second scene is about an hour later.

This family oriented comedy waddles along happily, much like its star - no, not Murray, but an elephant named Tai. She plays the unexpected inheritance left to Murray by his father, a circus clown who drops dead while touring in Maryland.

Credited as circus jugglers are Chip Lowell, Deon Aumaier, and Richard Dubicki.

Mari and Jeff Thompson start to doubt their own marriage when every couple they know separate.

Reported to contain juggling.

The last unicorn in the world goes on a quest to discover what has happened to all the others of her kind. The story is part fantasy, part allegory about fairy tales, and part a tale about life itself.

There is a brief and unrealistic juggling bit about two thirds of the way through the movie. Schmendrick juggles about twenty balls in two circles, one inside the other, going in opposite directions. Then, being a wizard, he walks away and leaves the balls juggling themselves. Alan Arkin's voice as Schmendrick says, "I can't do this very much longer. He had me juggling teacups all night long. Teacups! With tea in them!"

Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police are pursuing them to realize what they are doing. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).

Three apples are juggled in a kitchen scene.

Germany. Romantic comedy.

Reported to contain juggling.

This zany film marks the screen debut of Britain's popular comedy troupe, The Crazy Gang. The story begins as the gang are busy sweeping up for the almost bankrupt circus they work for. The owner of a rival carnival endeavors to put them out of business for good. The Crazies manage to foil his evil scheme after they find a magical oil lamp containing a helpful genie.

Along the way, the troupe performs a variety of specialty acts including a comic trapeze act, juggling, magic, cornball jokes, and songs, which include: "Life is a Circus," "For You, For You," and "Underneath the Arches."

Michael J. Fox stars as a child actor who has grown up, and grown out of his popularity. He now runs a talent agency with his brother, specializing in child acts, trying to discover the next child star. He gets more than he bargained for when he recruits a child pickpocket to be his next star.

Many variety and street acts appear briefly, including juggler Damian Gryski.

Three persons, Susan and Philip Ashlow and Henry Brittingham-Brett are washed ashore on a deserted island after a shipwreck. Henry is Susan's lover. Since the island is filled with things to eat, they can concentrate on the love triangle between the men and the woman.

Niven juggles three coconuts somewhat clumsily, but he does it himself. Granger responds with a perfect little routine, but doesn't really juggle himself, which is apparent if you notice the film tricks, in slow motion if possible. Granger makes an amusing statement about juggling.

TV drama. Also known as "The Tender Age."

Good coverage of Boston's Amazing Fantasy Jugglers in a street performance doing club passing and torch juggling. Appearing were Rawd Holbrook, Don Reed, Lana Reed, and Tom Clark.

Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to the gambling capital Las Vegas to turn their luck around.

Kris Kremo performs in a few scenes, primarily during the end credits. Kris' act was shot at the MGM Grand Hotel. Over 5 minutes of excellent juggling.

Jamie Miller is having a bad day. Her mom remarried a jerk and gave away her dog, and tomorrow doesn't look much better. But everything changes when she meets a runaway baby elephant named Trouble. When her newest buddy is recaptured by a mean old circus ringmaster, Jamie and her friend, Harry the Magician, hit the road to save him. She's looking for Trouble, but what she finds is pure adventure.

Mark Myers plays Juggles the Clown.

This is the second feature-length film containing classic Warner Brothers cartoons linked together by newly animated footage. It is divided into three parts. Part 1 involves Yosemite Sam's pact with the Devil to exchange his place in Hell with Bugs Bunny, provided that Sam can lure Bugs into sin and then kill him. Part 2 is a parody of TV crime-fighting dramas, as Bugs is selected by law enforcement to find and apprehend gangster Rocky, who has kidnapped Tweety Bird for a ransom. Part 3 is an Academy Awards-like contest in which various classic cartoon shorts are showcased.

Near the end of the film, Bugs Bunny showers five balls, finishing by catching them all in his hat.

A mother and two sons move to a small coast town in California. The town is plagued by bikers and some mysterious deaths. The younger boy makes friends with two boys who claim to be vampire hunters, while the older boy is drawn into the gang of bikers by a beautiful girl.

There's a brief 3-ball cascade during the opening titles by an unidentified juggler. This is soon followed by some club passing on the boardwalk at the beginning. The most visible juggler is Ken Martin. The other juggler not shown well is Jeff Napier.

Audrey Hepburn plays a widowed baroness and classical pianist, who steals three Faberge eggs from a museum in order to ransom her kidnapped fiance. En route to the "drop," Audrey is rescued from a mysterious assailant (Jerry Orbach) by suave stranger Robert Wagner. Wagner proceeds to demonstrate that he's not all he seems by swiping the valuable jeweled eggs. The rest of the film is a maelstrom of double-crosses, clinches and hairbreadth escapes.

Edward Jackman plays a fire juggling bandito passing torches in front of the kidnapped Audrey Hepburn. The other juggler, who will remain unnamed, was off camera, as he was not capable of passing 6 torches as he claimed when he accepted the role. As a result, he simply attempted to throw Edward as many torches as he could, while he continuously burned himself off camera.

A police officer in the outback of a grim futuristic Australia is caught up in a struggle with lawless biker gangs. After the death of his partner at the hands of these thugs, he realizes that not only his life is in danger, but also the lives of his wife and child.

About 15 minutes into the film, Mel Gibson does about 4 throws of 3 apples, and then gives up and starts eating them instead.

A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.

In the opening scene while Whoopie is riding a bike down the street, there is a guy doing a devil stick. It's just a stick with some yellow balls on the ends and it's only on screen for a moment.