2h 32min | Drama, Family, Romance | 10 January 1952
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Stars: James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Gloria Grahame.
John Murray Anderson ... stager: circus musical and dance numbers
Richard Barstow ... choreographer
Watched online; blurry print.
Really not sure why I added this to my list of films to watch. Perhaps because it won Best Picture when Singin' in the Rain wasn't even nom'd. Perhaps for Cornel Wilde's athleticism. Betty Hutton looked like she was doing some stunts too. Wow, just read in the IMDb trivia that CW was afraid of heights and did some of these stunts, and tore a ligament on the kiss on the trapeze scene.
Previously (2015) rated this 5. No idea why I would have been so annoyed. This documents a now vanished (as of last year) company: Ringling Bros et al has shut down. And this is the old days when they erected the big tent everywhere they performed.
Terrific train crash scene, apparently with model train cars.
Amazing how recognizable JS is behind the clown makeup.
2.5 hours is a big investment, but this was definitely entertaining.
Paramount, dir. DeMille; 7-
