Circus World (1964)

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers (WGA):

Bernard Gordon (story) (front Philip Yordan) and
Nicholas Ray (story) ...

Release Date:

25 junio 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

All WAYNE...And a World Wide...

Plot:

Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time...

Plot Keywords:

Circus Performer | Capsize | Circus | Fire | Mother Daughter Relationship

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Duke & Rita - That's All Folks

Cast

John Wayne	...	Matt Masters
Claudia Cardinale	...	Toni Alfredo
Rita Hayworth	...	Lili Alfredo
Lloyd Nolan	...	Cap Carson
Richard Conte	...	Aldo Alfredo
John Smith	...	Steve McCabe
Katharyna	...	Giovana
Katherine Kath	...	Hilda
Wanda Rotha	...	Mrs. Schuman
Margaret MacGrath	...	Anna (as Maggie Macgrath)
Miles Malleson	...	Billy Hennigan
José María Caffarel	...	Barcelona´s Mayor (as Jose Maria Cafarell)
Kay Walsh	...	Flo Hunt
Francois Calepides	...	Ringmaster (as François Calepides)
Robert Cunningham	...	Ringmaster

También conocida como:

Henry Hathaway's The Magnificent Showman (UK) (complete title)
Samuel Bronston's Circus World
The Magnificent Showman (UK)
Fabuloso mundo del circo, El (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

135 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Finland:S | New Zealand:R13 | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Samuel Bronston Productions

Trivialidades:

John Wayne suffered from a chronic cough during filming and smoked all the time.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: While the film is taking place in 1901, there are several mistakes with the European flags. One example is the Finnish flag that is seen in the movie. Finland didn't achieved independence (and the flag) until 1918.

Soundtrack:

Circus World

The Duke & Rita - That's All Folks

I can't understand how a producer like Samuel Bronston, who gave us the 70MM spectaculars "King of Kings" and "El Cid", could deliver something as poor as this. And with Henry Hathaway directing it's even more of a puzzle. Is it that bad? Well you see there's this circus ship docked in France performing on deck and when a crowd of people move to one side it falls over. Does not list. It just falls over. And then it won't sink. I think some of the sets were salvaged from "The Fall of the Roman Empire". There isn't even a clear timeframe i.e. year or decade. The editing along with terrible backdrops and processed shots are amateurish. Dimitri Tiomkin wrote some of the most beautiful scores for motion pictures but I think he was watching "The Nutcracker", by mistake, when he penned this one. It is kind of fun to watch a young Claudia Cardinale play a naive superstitious acrobat. But Lloyd Nolan and Richard Conte are never really given a chance to fulfill their parts. The basic storyline is not a bad one, it's just the execution of it. If you like John Wayne playing "The Duke" here he is. Watch it and file it for old times sake. If your a Rita Hayworth fan, here she is, lovely and charismatic as ever. These two stars carry the show . The rest is not much to talk about. And that's how I rate it. 2 Stars.