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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1934-12-23
Languageen
Runtime1h 27m
Production

20th Century Pictures

4.3(2)
•1934•1h 27m

The Mighty Barnum

Comedy

Overview

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
Writing & Screenplay
Bess MeredythGene Fowler
Cinematography
J. Peverell Marley

Principal Cast

20 credited
Wallace Beery
Wallace BeeryPhineas T. Barnum
Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe MenjouBailey Walsh
Virginia Bruce
Virginia BruceJenny Lind
Rochelle Hudson
Rochelle HudsonEllen
Janet Beecher
Janet BeecherNancy Barnum
Tammany Young
Tammany YoungTodd
Herman Bing
Herman BingFarmer Schultz
Lucille La Verne
Lucille La VerneJoice Heth
GB
George BrasnoGen. Tom Thumb
OB
Olive BrasnoLavinia Thumb

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