The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film)

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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film) is a lavish circus drama directed by Cecil B. DeMille that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and is known for its spectacular set pieces and ensemble cast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
circus film
drama film
film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
surface form: Academy Award for Best Story
basedOn Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
surface form: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus operations
cameoAppearanceBy Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
cinematographyBy George Barnes
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Cecil B. DeMille
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy Anne Bauchens
featuresOrganization Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
format 35 mm film
genre drama
melodrama
romance
mainCharacter Brad Braden
Buttons the Clown
Holly
The Great Sebastian
musicBy Victor Young
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Cinematography
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color

Academy Award for Best Costume Design
surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
notableFor depiction of circus train wreck
large ensemble cast
lavish circus set pieces
originalLanguage English
producer Cecil B. DeMille
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
releaseDate 1952-01-10
releaseYear 1952
runtimeMinutes 152
setting circus
stars Betty Hutton
Charlton Heston
Cornel Wilde
Dorothy Lamour
Gloria Grahame
Henry Wilcoxon
James Stewart
Lyle Bettger
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary early 1950s United States
writtenBy Barré Lyndon
Fredric M. Frank
Theodore St. John

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Cecil B. DeMille notableWork The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film)
de Mille notableWork The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film)
subject surface form: Cecil B. DeMille