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Title Cecil B. DeMille's The greatest show on earth / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon and Theodore St. John ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille.

Publication Info. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 2004.
©1952

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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD CLASSIC FILM GREATEST    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult DVDs  DVD GRE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD GREATEST    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  Simsbury Displays: Best Picture Oscar Winners (DVD)    On Display
 Southington Library - Adult  DVD GREATEST    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD GREA    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Paramount DVD collection
Paramount DVD collection.
Note "Produced with the cooperation of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Credits Director of photography, George Barnes ; art directors, Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler ; editor, Anne Bauchens ; music score, Victor Young ; costume designers, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White.
Cast Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, Henry Wilcoxon, Lyle Bettger, Lawrence Tierney, Emmett Kelly, James Stewart.
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.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details DVD.
Awards Academy Award for Best Picture (1952).
Language Closed-captioned; English or French soundtracks; optional English subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Circus -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959.
Frank, Fredric M. (Fredric Maurice), 1911-1977.
Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972.
St. John, Theodore.
Hutton, Betty.
Wilde, Cornel.
Heston, Charlton.
Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996.
Grahame, Gloria.
Wilcoxon, Henry, 1905-1984.
Bettger, Lyle, 1915-2003.
Tierney, Lawrence, 1919-2002.
Kelly, Emmett, 1898-1979.
Stewart, James, 1908-1997.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows.
Added Title Greatest show on earth
Standard No. 883929304172
ISBN 0792199030
Standard No. 097360661743
Music No. 06617 Paramount
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