Die größte Schau der Welt (1952)

Die größte Schau der Welt: Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. With Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour. The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.

“This is my favorite Cecil B. DeMille picture and it rightfully deserves itu0026#39;s title. The cast is well cast. Heston makes a fine circus manager and a perfect u0026quot;donu0026#39;t take nothing from nobodyu0026quot; type of guy when it comes to dealing with local gamblers. Cornell Wilde is perfect as the typical heart-throb of a trapezist. Betty Hutton is good as the daring young star fighting for the center ring. Last, but certainly not the least, James Stewart is wonderful as the lonely clown with a terrifying secret (I will not give it away!!! See the movie!!!). Cecil was a man of tremendous persona with a hunger for showcasing spectacle by means of careful, intense, and thorough research. He achieves amazing success in portraying (to the best of his ability of the times) the most realistic circus acts without the use of raw footage, and covering the stories behind the characters involved. The thing that really moves everything along though, is the musical score. Two words on that GOOD GOD!!! The music will make you want to go to the circus, even if you didnu0026#39;t like this picture. For those of you who didnu0026#39;t like this picture, why not go to the circus instead? You may be entertained to the point that youu0026#39;ll end up silencing your bad reviews. Iu0026#39;m not saying you have top like this picture, but if you havenu0026#39;t seen it yet, and itu0026#39;s because of the certain bad reviews it got from some people, youu0026#39;re really going to miss something.”