The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film)

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American film circus film drama film film

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