The Mighty Barnum (1934)
20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace Beery (as Barnum), Virginia Bruce (as Jenny Lind), Janet Beecher and Adolphe Menjou. Released in 1934.
Director:
Walter Lang
Writers:
Bess Meredyth, Gene Fowler.
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Wallace Beery as Phineas T. Barnum |
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Adolphe Menjou as Bailey Walsh |
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Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind |
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Rochelle Hudson as Ellen |
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Janet Beecher as Nancy Barnum |
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Tammany Young as Todd |
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Herman Bing as Farmer Schultz |
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Lucille La Verne as Joice Heth |
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George Brasno as Gen. Tom Thumb |
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Olive Brasno as Lavinia Thumb |
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May Boley as Bearded Lady |
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May Boley as J. P. Skiff |
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Ian Wolfe as Swedish consul |
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Davison Clark as Horace Greeley |
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George MacQuarrie as Daniel Webster |
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Charles Judels as Maitre D'Hotel |
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Mark Strong as Man in Museum (uncredited) |
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Robert Dunbar as Mr. Vanderbilt (uncredited) |
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Martin Turner as Cannibal Man |
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Susanne Leach as Old Dowager (uncredited) |
| Directing | Walter Lang | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Omar Kiam | Costume Design |
| Writing | Gene Fowler | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Bess Meredyth | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gene Fowler | Screenplay |
| Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound Engineer |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Editing | Allen McNeil | Editor |
| Editing | Barbara McLean | Editor |
| Writing | Bess Meredyth | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Frank Maher | Sound Engineer |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Camera | J. Peverell Marley | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
