The greatest show on earth / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Fredric M. Frank, Barre Lyndon, Theodore St. John ; story by Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. [print]

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 06617 | ParamountLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Paramount DVD collectionPublication details: Hollywood, California : Paramount, (c)2004.Description: 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

9780792199045
9780792199038

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LOC classification:

PN1997.G786.G743 2004
PN1997

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Production credits:

Director of photography, George Barnes ; art directors, Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler ; editor, Anne Bauchens ; music score, Victor Young ; costume designers, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White.

Awards:

Academy Award for Best Picture (1952).

Subject: A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck.Subject: "To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground. Subplots involve the secret past of Buttons the Clown and the efforts of racketeers to move in on the game concessions. Let the show begin!"--Rod Crawford, www.imdb.com.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Multi-media (10-day check-out)	G. Allen Fleece Library MULTIMEDIA	Non-fiction	PN1997.G74 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001837927

Director of photography, George Barnes ; art directors, Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler ; editor, Anne Bauchens ; music score, Victor Young ; costume designers, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952.

"Produced with the cooperation of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus."

A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck.

"To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground. Subplots involve the secret past of Buttons the Clown and the efforts of racketeers to move in on the game concessions. Let the show begin!"--Rod Crawford, www.imdb.com.

Not rated by Northern Mariana IslandsAA.

Academy Award for Best Picture (1952).

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