The Mighty Barnum

5 %|Dec 23, 1934|Comedy

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.

Featured Crew

Walter Lang

Director

Gene Fowler

Screenplay

Gene Fowler

Theatre Play

Bess Meredyth

Screenplay

Bess Meredyth

Theatre Play

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Barbara McLean

Editor

Allen McNeil

Editor

Cast

Phineas T. Barnum

Bailey Walsh

Jenny Lind

Ellen

Nancy Barnum

Todd

Farmer Schultz

Joice Heth

Gen. Tom Thumb

Lavinia Thumb

Bearded Lady

J. P. Skiff

Swedish consul

Horace Greeley

Daniel Webster

Maitre D'Hotel

Man in Museum (uncredited)

Robert Dunbar

Mr. Vanderbilt (uncredited)

Martin Turner

Cannibal Man