| STEVE
HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies #15 - THE GREATEST
SHOW ON EARTH (1952)
Cecil B. DeMille toured for three years with the Ringling
Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus to film the Best
Picture of 1952, THE GREATEST SHOW ON...
EARTH.
With an all star cast which includes Jimmy Stewart,
Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston in his
first major role, Dorothy Lamour and Oscar winner
Gloria Grahame, DeMille shows all the joy, heartbreak
and majesty that goes on underneath the big top. The
film climaxes with a spectacular train wreck that
has to be seen to be believed.
The
stars did their own stunts from Hutton and Wildes
trapeze act, to Grahames near brush with death at
the hoof of an elephant and Jimmy Stewart makes a
vivid impression as a clown who never takes off his
make-up for a very particular reason. It all goes
into making DeMilles Baby exactly what the title says
it is - The Greatest Show On Earth!
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