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

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 06617 | ParamountLanguage: English, French Summary language: English Original language: English Series: Paramount DVD collectionPublication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2004.Description: 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

0792199030
9780792199038

Other title:

Cecil B. DeMille's The greatest show on earth

Uniform titles:

Greatest show on earth (Motion picture : 1952)

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DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

CM DVD 00202

Production 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.

Awards:

Academy Award for Best Picture (1952).

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

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso)	CM DVD 00202 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000039093

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

Closed-captioned; English or French soundtracks; optional English subtitles.

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

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.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.

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

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.

Not rated by MPAA.

Academy Award for Best Picture (1952).

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