The Mighty Barnum
| The Mighty Barnum | |
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| Directed by | Walter Lang |
| Written by | Gene Fowler (play and screenplay) Bess Meredyth (play and screenplay) John Huston (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | Wallace Beery Adolphe Menjou Virginia Bruce Rochelle Hudson |
| Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Mighty Barnum is a 1934 film directed by Walter Land and starring Wallace Beery[1] as P.T. Barnum. The movie was written by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth, adapted from their play of the same name.[2] Beery had played Barnum four years earlier in A Lady's Morals, a highly fictionalized biography of singer Jenny Lind. The supporting cast features Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind, and Rochelle Hudson.[3]
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (November 2022) |
Cast
[edit]- Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum
- Adolphe Menjou as Bailey Walsh
- Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind
- Rochelle Hudson as Ellen
- Janet Beecher as Nancy Barnum
- Tammany Young as Todd
- Herman Bing as Farmer Schultz
- Lucille La Verne as Joice Heath
- George Brasno as Tom Thumb
- Olive Brasno as Lavinia Thumb
- May Boley as the Bearded Lady
- John Hyams as J.P. Skiff
- Ian Wolfe as Swedish Consul
- Davison Clark as Horace Greeley
- George MacQuarrie as Daniel Webster
- Charles Judels as Maitre D'Hotel
- Philo McCullough as Publicity Man (uncredited)
- Frank Morgan as Joe (uncredited)
- Frances Raymond as Matron (uncredited)
References
[edit]- ^ Liberty. Macfadden Publications. 1935.
- ^ McHugh, Dominic (2022). The Oxford Handbook of the Hollywood Musical. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-750342-3.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Mighty Barnum
External links
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Categories:
- 1934 films
- American biographical films
- Films directed by Walter Lang
- Films produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
- Films scored by Alfred Newman
- Twentieth Century Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- United Artists films
- 1930s biographical films
- Films with screenplays by Bess Meredyth
- Circus films
- Cultural depictions of P. T. Barnum
- Cultural depictions of Jenny Lind
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s American films
- English-language biographical films
- Biographical film stubs