87 minutes
12/23/1934
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.
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
May Boley
as 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)
Robert Dunbar
as Mr. Vanderbilt (uncredited)
Martin Turner
as Cannibal Man
Susanne Leach
as Old Dowager (uncredited)