The Mighty Barnum (1934)
1h 27m
Running Time
December 23, 1934Release Date
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
1h 27m
Running Time
December 23, 1934Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Wallace Beery
Phineas T. Barnum

Adolphe Menjou
Bailey Walsh

Virginia Bruce
Jenny Lind

Rochelle Hudson
Ellen

Janet Beecher
Nancy Barnum

Tammany Young
Todd

Herman Bing
Farmer Schultz

Lucille La Verne
Joice Heth

George Brasno
Gen. Tom Thumb

Olive Brasno
Lavinia Thumb

May Boley
Bearded Lady / J. P. Skiff

Ian Wolfe
Swedish consul

Davison Clark
Horace Greeley

George MacQuarrie
Daniel Webster

Charles Judels
Maitre D'Hotel

Mark Strong
Man in Museum (uncredited)
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
biography
historical figure
Wiki.
The Mighty Barnum is a 1934 film starring Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum. The movie was written by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth, adapted from their play of the same name, and directed by Walter Lang. Beery had played Barnum four years earlier in A Lady's Morals, a highly fictionalized biography of singer Jenny Lind. The supporting cast features Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind, and Rochelle Hudson.