by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
synopsis
Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth is a lavish tribute to circuses, featuring three intertwining plotlines concerning romance and rivalry beneath the big top. DeMille's film includes spectacular action sequences, including a show-stopping train wreck. The Greatest Show on Earth won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Story.
characteristics
- High Budget
- High Artistic Quality
- Circus
- Injury
- Rival
- Romance
- Trapeze
- Romantic
- Doctor
- Animal-trainer
- Assisted-suicide
- Buffoon
