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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Greatest show on Earth (Motion picture : 1952)

Title:

The greatest show on Earth / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon, Theodore St. John ; story by Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille.

Publisher, Date:

Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 2004.

Description:

1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

optical

video file

Summary:

A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck.

"To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground. Subplots involve the secret past of Buttons the Clown and the efforts of racketeers to move in on the game concessions. Let the show begin!"--Rod Crawford, www.imdb.com.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated by MPAA.

Series:

Paramount DVD collection

Paramount DVD collection.

Subjects:

Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- Drama.

Circus -- United States -- Drama.

Aerialists -- Drama.

Women circus performers -- Drama.

Clowns -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959, film producer, film director.

Frank, Fredric M. (Fredric Maurice), 1911-1977, screenwriter.

Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972, screenwriter.

St. John, Theodore, screenwriter.

Cavett, Frank, screenwriter.

Hutton, Betty, actor.

Wilde, Cornel, actor.

Heston, Charlton, actor.

Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996, actor.

Grahame, Gloria, actor.

Stewart, James, 1908-1997, actor.

Wilcoxon, Henry, 1905-1984, actor.

Bettger, Lyle, 1915-2003, actor.

Tierney, Lawrence, 1919-2002, actor.

Kelly, Emmett, 1898-1979, actor.

Concello, Antoinette, actor.

Barnes, George, 1892-1953, director of photography.

Young, Victor, 1900-1956, composer (expression)

Bauchens, Anne, editor of moving image work.

Head, Edith, costume designer.

Jeakins, Dorothy, costume designer.

White, Miles, 1914-2000, costume designer.

Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows.

Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company.

Other Title:

Cecil B. DeMille's The greatest show on earth

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952.

"Produced with the cooperation of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus"--Opening frames.

For private home use only.

Director of photography, George Barnes ; art directors, Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler ; editor, Anne Bauchens ; music score, Victor Young ; costume designers, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White.

Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart, Henry Wilcoxon, Lyle Bettger, Lawrence Tierney, Emmett Kelly, Cucciola, Antoinette Concello.

DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

English or French soundtracks; optional English subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

1952 Academy Awards: Best Picture ; Best Writing, Motion Picture Story.

ISBN:

0792199049

9780792199045

9786317033573

6317033579

0792199030

9780792199038

Publisher Number:

06617

59191809000

Other Number:

54032636

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

920861

# Local items in:

0

# System items in:

0

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Greatest