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6.1/10
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A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 9 nominations total
Wazzan Troupe
- Circus Performers
- (as The Wazzans)
Poodles Hanneford
- Circus Performers
- (as The Hannefords)
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- TriviaThe dubbing of Stephen Boyd's vocals is a lingering mystery in the annals of movie musicals. Various sources have credited the robust baritone to a studio singer named James Joyce, but Joyce's name is documented nowhere else in terms of film history, and his distinctive voice has been heard in no films before or since. Additionally, contract singers were extinct by 1962, so the mystery as to who dubbed Boyd's vocals remains a Holy Grail to film historians. Further, Columbia Records' original sound track album erroneously credited Boyd for the vocal performance, which only intensifies the mystery.
- GoofsLulu somehow manages to come out of the cannon backwards - the opposite way to how she entered.
- Quotes
Kitty Wonder: [When fortune teller Lulu is reading her palm] Do you really see somebody?
Lulu: Yes! He's tall, dark...
Kitty Wonder: ...and handsome? You are such a faker! Do you ever see someone short, fat and ugly?
Lulu: Yep... in the mirror!
- ConnectionsFeatured in 7 Nights to Remember (1966)
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About 10 Years Too Late in Adaptation
The MGM musical circus had left Culver City a few years earlier by the time the studio decided to film this 1930s stage extravaganza. The result is bright and competent enough (and it retains most of the wonderful Rodgers & Hart songs), but ten years earlier the Arthur Freed Unit would have sharpened up the book, included a lot more dancing and had a superior leading man (Stephen Boyd is a disaster in this movie). Doris Day sings the standards very well, and - stealing the film - Jimmy Durante (who gives a glorious rendition of "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World") and Martha Raye are memorable in support.
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- Dec 13, 2002
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- Jumbo
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- Budget
- $5,256,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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