The Greatest Show on Earth

1952
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The Greatest Show on Earth
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Title: The Greatest Show on Earth

Original Title: The Greatest Show on Earth

Year: 1952

Info

Release Dates

  • United States: February 21 1952

Plot

One of the classics of the famous director Cecil B. DeMille with Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon and Theodore St. John script. The film is set in the world of circus, entertainment shows will have a dark tone, when stories intersect behind the scenes. The circus owner, Brad Braden, decided to find a way to get profitable season. Thus, it hires the Great Sebastian. The problem will arise when the arrival of trapeze trastoque life of the participants of the circus. Holly, Brad Braden's girlfriend and one of the most beloved by the public trapeze artists, will be one of those affected, starting a direct war against Sebastian. The war has begun behind the show, becoming a dangerous game in which you don't know who will be the winner.

Cast

Director:

Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille

James Stewart

James Stewart

Buttons, the Clown

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Brad Braden

Cornel Wilde

Cornel Wilde

The Great Sebastian

Henry Wilcoxon

Henry Wilcoxon

FBI Agent Gregory

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Trivia

James Stewart, as "Buttons, a clown", plays the entire movie in his clown makeup.

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope make a cameo on the film.

When Mary Pickford presented the film's producer-director Cecil B. DeMille with the Oscar for Best Picture (The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953), Thursday, March 19, 1953), not only was it the first time the Academy Awards ceremonies had ever been televised, it was also Pickford's very first television appearance.

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