Movie: The Mighty Barnum

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Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery

Phineas T. Barnum

Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou

Bailey Walsh

Virginia Bruce
Virginia Bruce

Jenny Lind

Rochelle Hudson
Rochelle Hudson

Ellen

Janet Beecher
Janet Beecher

Nancy Barnum

Tammany Young
Tammany Young

Todd

Herman Bing
Herman Bing

Farmer Schultz

Lucille La Verne
Lucille La Verne

Joice Heth

George Brasno
George Brasno

Gen. Tom Thumb

Olive Brasno
Olive Brasno

Lavinia Thumb

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    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.

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    1934-12-23

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