The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the film stars Betty Hutton and Cornel Wilde as trapeze artists competing for the center ring. It won two Academy Awards, for Best Picture and Best Story, and was nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. It had a box office of $2.3 million, more than any other American film of the 1950s and 1960s.
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The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the film stars Betty Hutton and Cornel Wilde as trapeze artists competing for the center ring. Charlton Heston as the circus manager running the show. James Stewart also stars in a supporting role as a mysterious clown who never removes his make-up, even between shows. Dorothy Lamour and Gloria Grahame also play supporting roles. In addition to the film actors, the real Ringling Brothers. and Barnom & Bailey’s Circus’ 1951 troupe appears in the film, with its complement of 1,400 people, hundreds of animals, and 60. railroad cars of equipment and tents. The film’s storyline is supported by lavish production values; actual circus acts; and documentary, behind-the-rings looks at the complex logistics that made big top circuses possible. It won two Academy Awards, for Best Picture and Best Story, and was nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. It also won Golden Globe Awards for Best Cinematography,. Best Director,. and Best Motion Picture – Drama. It was released by Paramount Pictures in 1952 and was released in Technicolor, and released by. Paramount Pictures. in 1953 and 1954, and later released by Universal Pictures in 1956 and 1954.
It is the first of three films in the series to be released in the U.S. and the second in the United States. It has been released in Canada and the UK, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, and has been shown on PBS and PBS stations in the UK and Australia. The movie is available on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray. The box office gross for the film was $1.2 million, $1 million, and $1,500,000, respectively, in North America and Europe. It went on to become one of the top 10 highest-grossing films of all time, beating “The Godfather” (1949) and “The Wizard of Oz (1951) by a wide margin. It had a box office of $2.3 million, more than any other American film of the 1950s and 1960s. It still holds the No. 1 spot in the American box office box office for the year. It’s the only film to have been made in the same year as “Jurassic Park” (1950). It was also the first film in the “Greatest Show On Earth” series, which ran from 1951 to 1953. The first film to feature a female lead in a major film role, Sally Hawkins, was released the following year. The second film was “The Great Show on earth” (1960) and the third, “The Second Great Show” (1963) The film was also released in Europe, Australia and the United Kingdom, and it was shown in New York and Canada.
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