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.
Cast
Wallace Beery
Phineas T. Barnum
Adolphe Menjou
Bailey Walsh
Virginia Bruce
Jenny Lind
Rochelle Hudson
Ellen
Janet Beecher
Nancy Barnum
Tammany Young
Todd
Herman Bing
Farmer Schultz
Lucille La Verne
Joice Heth
George Brasno
Gen. Tom Thumb
Olive Brasno
Lavinia Thumb
May Boley
Bearded Lady, J. P. Skiff
Ian Wolfe
Swedish consul
Davison Clark
Horace Greeley
George MacQuarrie
Daniel Webster
Charles Judels
Maitre D'Hotel
Mark Strong
Man in Museum (uncredited)
Robert Dunbar
Mr. Vanderbilt (uncredited)
Martin Turner
Cannibal Man
Susanne Leach
Old Dowager (uncredited)
Crew
Walter Lang
Director
Bess Meredyth
Screenplay, Theatre Play
Gene Fowler
Screenplay, Theatre Play
Barbara McLean
Editor
Allen McNeil
Editor
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Omar Kiam
Costume Design
Frank Maher
Sound Engineer
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Engineer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Richard Day
Art Direction
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