The comic exploits of confidence trickster and showman P.T.
If you have eighty minutes to spare and want to watch Wallace Beery sweat through a wool suit while screaming about giant men, The Mighty Barnum is a pretty wild ride. Circus history nerds will probably throw their shoes at the screen, but anyone who loves loud, chaotic early-sound comedies is going to have a blast. 🎪...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"If you have eighty minutes to spare and want to watch Wallace Beery sweat through a wool suit while screaming about giant men, The Mighty Barnum is a pretty wild ride. Circus history nerds will probably throw their shoes at the screen, but anyone who loves loud, chaotic early-sound comedies is going to have a blast. 🎪 It is basically a highly fictionalized biopic about P.T. Barnum before he became the "Greatest Show on Earth" guy. We start with him running a dusty museum in New York, trying to..."
Bess Meredyth, John Huston, Gene Fowler
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