The Mighty Barnum

The Mighty Barnum

87 mins | Comedy | Dec. 23, 1934

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.

The Mighty Barnum

87 mins | Comedy | Dec. 23, 1934

The Mighty Barnum
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers 20th Century Pictures
Original title The Mighty Barnum
Directors Walter Lang
Writers Gene Fowler, Bess Meredyth

Cast

Wallace Beery

as Phineas T. Barnum

Adolphe Menjou

as Bailey Walsh

Virginia Bruce

as Jenny Lind

Rochelle Hudson

as Ellen

Janet Beecher

as Nancy Barnum

Tammany Young

as Todd

Herman Bing

as Farmer Schultz

Lucille La Verne

as Joice Heth

George Brasno

as Gen. Tom Thumb

Olive Brasno

as Lavinia Thumb

May Boley

as Bearded Lady / J. P. Skiff

Ian Wolfe

as Swedish consul

Davison Clark

as Horace Greeley

George MacQuarrie

as Daniel Webster

Charles Judels

as Maitre D'Hotel

Mark Strong

as Man in Museum (uncredited)