The Greatest Show on Earth |  | Actors: Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, Lyle Bettger, Cornel Wilde, Emmett Kelly
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 152 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PARD066174D
ISBN: 0792199030
UPC: 097360661743
EAN: 9780792199038
Theatrical Release Date: 1952
Release Date: April 6, 2004
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A circus managers high-wire girlfriend falls for a french aerialist. Oscar for best picture. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/17/2006 Starring: Dorothy Lamour James Stewart Run time: 152 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Cecil B. Demille
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The Greatest Show on Earth is a heaping helping of flapdoodle served up by one of Hollywood's canniest entertainers: producer-director Cecil B. DeMille. This overripe melodrama purports to be life inside the Ringling Brothers Circus; maybe it's not, but the circus ought to be like this. The actors wrestling with the purple dialogue are: early-career Charlton Heston, as the tough-as-nails circus manager; Cornel Wilde and Betty Hutton as trapeze artistes; and Gloria Grahame (who won an Oscar), dangling from elephants. Best of all, James Stewart plays a clown who--for mysterious reasons--never removes his makeup. (Stewart took the supporting role simply because he'd always wanted to play a clown.) This is a fried-baloney sandwich of a movie: it ain't sophisticated, and probably isn't good for you, but once you start you can't stop. It was the box-office champ of 1952, and it shocked everybody by winning the best picture Oscar. --Robert Horton
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 The Greatest Show on Earth October 27, 2009
John Pyle (Oklahoma)
An epic of the time it was made. Another Heston movie, lots of action.
They Don't Make 'Em Like This Anymore September 25, 2009
D. Parisi (New Jersey)
The 1952 Best Picture Oscar went to Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth, a whopping piece of movie-making. Chock full of colorful costumes, daring stunts, delightful songs, pageantry and a legendary train wreck sequence, the picture is about as fun as a movie can be.
If you want a good idea of what "stars" were in the 1950s, all you have to do is watch The Greatest Show on Earth. Betty Hutton is top-billed as Holly, a trapeze artist with a larger than life personality. Her boyfriend, Brad (Charlton Heston) is manager at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, who puts the circus above his girlfriend when push comes to shove. This leads to his hiring world-famous trapeze artist Sebastian (Cornel Wilde) to draw crowds and prevent bankrupcy, even though it means Holly will be pushed out of the center ring.
In an effort to make Brad jealous, and partially due to Sebastian's charismatic charm, Holly begins flirting with the famous star. The two also consistently try to one-up each other with their dare-devil trapeze acts, which leads to some very suspensful sequences.
Dorothy Lamour plays the beautiful "Iron Jaw" Phyllis, who's signature act is swinging by her teeth high above the circus floor. Gloria Grahame has a great role, too, playing Angel, who works with the obsessive elephant trainer, Klaus (Lyle Bettger), who is in love with her.
The best performance in the film, arguably, is that of Jimmy Stewart, who plays a clown named Buttons. Mysteriously, he is never seen without his makeup, even when the show is over. A former doctor who is hiding in the circus after euthanizing his wife who was suffering from a horrible disease, Buttons is one of the most memorable characters from this era of filmmaking.
Cecil B. DeMille, one of Hollywood's most legendary directors, created a masterpiece with this film. He began his career at the dawn of Hollywood's silent age, and all these years later, he proved that he was able to adapt and still create impressive pictures.
Perhaps most intriguing, though, is the backstage glimpse we get of the work behind the massive circus, as the film was produced with the full cooperation of Ringling Brother and Barnum & Bailey. Literally dozens of real circus performers populate the film and make for a fascinating view of circus life.
 Amazon is great April 5, 2009
M. Yager (Missouri)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Did not receive any response or DVD from dvdlegacy. Amazon is great. After sending 2 emails to the sponsor Amazon promptly refunded my money and removed dvdlegacy from their list. It really pays to read the ratings before placing an order. I will continue to use Amazon as their customer service is fantastic.
Greatest Show (or Rip-off) on Earth April 2, 2009
J. H. Christoffel (sarasota, fl)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Hard to prepare a favorable review for an item that was never received. I odrered this DVD a month ago, and have sent two follow-ups requesting shipping / tracing info, and have neither recieved a reply nor the DVD.
Thanks alot!
A Great Movie March 5, 2009
Kristie Jones (KJonesy)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to say that unlike others, I love this movie just for the movie. I don't watch it as a documentry ot even because it won an Oscar eons ago. In fact the first time I saw it was when I was 12 and channel surfing, the act and the drama is what drew me into the movie. It had a fairly good plot, a simmering kind of love story, and just a feel good nature in general.
So buy for the pleasure, not the documentry!
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