The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Cecil B. DeMille

Escritores:

Fredric M. Frank (story) and
Theodore St. John (story) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 diciembre 1952 (Sweden)

Género:

Drama | Familia | Romance

Frase comercial:

The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!

Plot:

The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer against a background of circus spectacle.

Plot Keywords:

Circus | Trapeze | Clown | Elephant | Train

Premios:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Great show and story

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 5

3:30 PM

TCM

Reparto

Betty Hutton	...	Holly
Cornel Wilde	...	The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston	...	Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour	...	Phyllis
Gloria Grahame	...	Angel
Henry Wilcoxon	...	FBI Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger	...	Klaus
Lawrence Tierney	...	Mr. Henderson
Emmett Kelly	...	Himself
Cucciola	...	Himself
Antoinette Concello	...	Herself
John Ringling North	...	Himself
Tuffy Genders	...	Himself
John Kellogg	...	Harry
John Ridgely	...	Assistant manager
Frank Wilcox	...	Circus doctor
Robert Carson	...	Ringmaster (as Bob Carson)
Lillian Albertson	...	Buttons' mother
Julia Faye	...	Birdie
James Stewart	...	'Buttons' A Clown
Lou Jacobs	...	Himself (clown)
The Alzanas	...	Themselves
Trisco	...	Himself
The Flying Artonys	...	Themselves
Lilo Juston	...	Herself
The Chaludis	...	Themselves
The Idnavis	...	Themselves
The Realles	...	Themselves
The Fredonias	...	Themselves
Luciana & Friedel	...	Themselves
Buzzy Potts	...	Himself
Ernie Burch	...	Himself
Felix Adler	...	Himself
Paul Jerome	...	Himself
Miss Patricia	...	Herself
Eddie Kohl	...	Himself
Tiebor's Sea Lions	...	Themselves
Mroczkowski's Liberty Horses	...	Themselves
The Zoppes	...	Themselves
Bones Brown	...	Himself
Fay Alexander	...	Himself
The Flying Concellos	...	Themselves
Lola Dobritch	...	Herself
The Henadas	...	Themselves
Christy and Gorilla	...	Themselves (as Christy & Gorilla)
Tonito	...	Himself
The Bokaras	...	Themselves
Prince Paul	...	Himself
Jimmy Armstrong	...	Himself
Paul Horompo	...	Himself
Paul Jung	...	Himself
Charley Bell	...	Himself
Gilbert Reichert	...	Himself
C.H. Lindsey	...	Himself
Peterson's Dogs	...	Themselves
Rix's Bears	...	Themselves
Arthur Burson	...	Himself
La Norma	...	Herself
Jeanne Sleeter	...	Herself
Bill Snyder	...	Himself
The Flying Comets	...	Themselves
Veronica Martell	...	Herself
Miss Loni	...	Herself
The Romigs	...	Themselves
Rusty Parent	...	Himself
The Maxellos	...	Themselves
Martha Hunter	...	Herself
Truzzi	...	Himself
Eugene Scott	...	Himself
James Barnes	...	Himself
Merle Evans	...	Himself (circus bandleader)
Frank McClosky	...	Himself
Mike Petrillo	...	Himself
Peter Grace	...	Himself
Bob Reynolds	...	Himself
George Werner	...	Himself
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Lee Aaker	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams	...	Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Eric Alden	...	Canvas Man (uncredited)
Erville Alderson	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Ross Bagdasarian	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Vicki Bakken	...	Vicki (uncredited)
Mary Bezemes	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Gladys Blake	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Oliver Blake	...	Spectator (uncredited)
William Boyd	...	Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Bobby Burns	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Lonnie Burr	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Bruce Cameron	...	Bruce (uncredited)
Charles D. Campbell	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Malcolm Cassell	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Iphigenie Castiglioni	...	Herself (uncredited)
Lane Chandler	...	Dave (uncredited)
Ken Christy	...	Tightrope Act Spectator (uncredited)
Davison Clark	...	Farmer Sam (uncredited)
Lydia Clarke	...	Circus Girl (uncredited)
Rus Conklin	...	Rus (uncredited)
Gerald Courtemarche	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
John Crawford	...	Jack - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Dorothy Crider	...	Dorothy (uncredited)
Bing Crosby	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Cecil B. DeMille	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bobby Diamond	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Lester Dorr	...	Midway Game barker (uncredited)
Gloria Drew	...	Ann (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee	...	Utility Man / Stake Driver (uncredited)
Claude Dunkin	...	Claude (uncredited)
Don Dunning	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Art Dupuis	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Rosemary Dvorak	...	Rosemary (uncredited)
Daisy Earles	...	Midget (uncredited)
Bonnie Kay Eddy	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Mary Field	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Norman Field	...	Truesdale (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Mona Freeman	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Nancy Gates	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Slim Gaut	...	Circus Man (uncredited)
Everett Glass	...	Board member (uncredited)
Joseph Granby	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Greta Granstedt	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Linda Green	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Dolores Hall	...	Circus Girl (uncredited)
Scott H. Hall	...	Spectator (uncredited)
William Hall	...	Bill (uncredited)
John Hamer	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton	...	Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Peter Hansen	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Charmienne Harker	...	Charmienne (uncredited)
Joe Harper	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Kathleen Hartnagel	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Helene Hatch	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Bradford Hatton	...	Osborne (uncredited)
Jimmy Hawkins	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Bill Henry	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Paula Hill	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Fay Holderness	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Bob Hope	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Jerry James	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Adele Cook Johnson	...	Mable (uncredited)
Brad Johnson	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Lorna Jordon	...	Lorna (uncredited)
Frances Karath	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee	...	Pickpocket Victim (uncredited)
Mona Knox	...	Mona (uncredited)
Fred Kohler Jr.	...	Train Fireman (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw	...	Hank (uncredited)
Rudy Lee	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton	...	Foreman (uncredited)
George Magrill	...	Circus Man (uncredited)
Anthony Marsh	...	Tony (uncredited)
Sydney Mason	...	Carson (uncredited)
Gay McEldowney	...	Gay (uncredited)
Peggy McKim	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
James McNally	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Bill Meader	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Meredith	...	Train Engineer (uncredited)
John Merton	...	Chuck (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger	...	Gertrude (uncredited)
Patricia Michon	...	Patricia (uncredited)
Royce Milne	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Beverly Mook	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Lyle Moraine	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Clarence Nash	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Howard Negley	...	Truck boss (uncredited)
Noel Neill	...	Noel (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Joel Nestler	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
David Newell	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Eric Nielsen	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Noralee Norman	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Judy Nugent	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Edmond O'Brien	...	Midway barker (uncredited)
Susan Odin	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Sammy Ogg	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Ruth Packard	...	Spectator (uncredited)
John Parrish	...	Jack Lawson (uncredited)
Luce Potter	...	Midget (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser	...	Hugh (uncredited)
Harry Raven	...	Circus Man (uncredited)
Keith Richards	...	Keith - Circus attendant (uncredited)
William J. Riley	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Peter Roman	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto	...	Midget (uncredited)
William Ruhl	...	Circus Barker (uncredited)
Robert W. Rushing	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Russell Saunders	...	Circus Man (uncredited)
Syd Saylor	...	Circus Barker (uncredited)
Queenie Smith	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Robert St. Angelo	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Tony Taylor	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Roland Tiebor	...	Himself (sea lion trainer) (uncredited)
Stuart Torres	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel	...	Man in train wreck (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Judith Ann Vroom	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Wally Walker	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Beverly Washburn	...	Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Kay Wiley	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Robin Winans	...	Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Alberto Zoppe	...	Himself (trick rider) (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Cecil B. DeMille

Créditos del guión
Fredric M. Frank		(story) and
Theodore St. John		(story) and
Frank Cavett		(story)
Fredric M. Frank		(screenplay) and
Barré Lyndon		(screenplay) and
Theodore St. John		(screenplay)

Producida por
Cecil B. DeMille	....	producer
Henry Wilcoxon	....	associate producer

Música original por
Victor Young

Fotografía por
George Barnes		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Anne Bauchens

Dirección artística
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler		(as Walter Tyler)

Decorados
Sam Comer
Ray Moyer

Diseño de vestuario por
Edith Head
Dorothy Jeakins
Miles White		(circus costumes)

Departamento de maquillaje
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor

Ayudante de dirección
Arthur Rosson	....	unit director
Edward Salven	....	assistant director
Frank Baur	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Departamento de Arte
Gene Lauritzen	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)
Jack Senter	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
John Cope	....	sound recordist
Harry Lindgren	....	sound recordist

Efectos especiales
Devereaux Jennings	....	special photographic effects (as Devereux Jennings)
Gordon Jennings	....	special photographic effects
Paul K. Lerpae	....	special photographic effects (as Paul Lerpae)
Barney Wolff	....	special effects (uncredited)

Especialistas
Polly Burson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Russell Saunders	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
W. Wallace Kelley	....	additional photographer (as Wallace Kelley)
J. Peverell Marley	....	additional photographer

Departamento de Música
John Murray Anderson	....	stager: circus musical
Sidney Cutner	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Richard Barstow	....	choreographer
Robert Brower	....	technicolor color consultant
Arthur M. Concello	....	general manager: Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus
John Ringling North	....	president: Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
John Ringling North	....	technical advisor
Henry Ringling North	....	vice president: Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus
Pat Valdo	....	general director of performance: Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus
James Vincent	....	dialogue supervisor
Lynn Couch	....	aerialist coach: Cornel Wilde (uncredited)
Barlow Simpson	....	animal handler: elephant (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Paramount Pictures

Distribuidores

• Paramount Pictures (1952) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount British Pictures (1952) (UK) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (1960) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Paramount Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• ARC (????) (Japan) (DVD)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1967) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• CIC Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (19??) (Australia) (VHS)
• First Trading (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• GP Museum Soft (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Maxter (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• PSG (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount (1953) (France) (theatrical)
• Tone (2005) (Japan) (DVD)

Otras Compañías

• Brooks Costume Company  circus costumes executed by (as Brooks Costume Co., New York)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies (uncredited)
• Ringling Bros.and Barnum & Bailey  produced with the cooperation of

También conocida como:

Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (USA) (complete title)
El espectáculo más grande del mundo (Argentina) [es]
El mayor espectáculo del mundo (Spain) [es]

Duración:

152 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

Australia:G | Australia:PG (TV rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #15440) | Netherlands:12 | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U (original rating) (cut) | UK:U (video rating) (1988) (uncut) | Canada:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Cedar City, Utah, USA

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

Cecil B. DeMille was always demanding of his actors and actresses. He insisted that everyone truly learn to perform the circus stunts they were supposed to be performing. This meant that Betty Hutton really learned the trapeze and Gloria Grahame had to let an elephant rest its foot an inch from her face. Cornel Wilde probably had it the worst since he was portraying a high-wire artist. He was seriously afraid of heights in real life.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When Sebastian misses his mark and falls to the ground, he can be clearly seen landing on a cushioned surface.

Citas:

Klaus: Your legs are too thin, your hair is too red, you have lips like a cat. You're no good. You give me too much trouble.
Angel: Flattery rolls right off me.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

The Blue Danube

Great show and story

I know that some people are down on this movie, but I absolutely LOVE it. It has great ideals and good (not great) acting. It tells a story about the circus in a pseudo-documentary. The story has love, action, and humor. Three things that are missing from much of today's movie. I also love the color and the dramatic "feel" of the film for that era. It's a wonderful, wonderful, piece of 'Americana'.