Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Walter Lang Director
- 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
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