The Mighty Barnum (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.

Cast

Phineas T. Barnum
Wallace Beery
Bailey Walsh
Adolphe Menjou
Bearded Lady
May Boley
J. P. Skiff
May Boley
Swedish consul
Ian Wolfe
Horace Greeley
Davison Clark
Daniel Webster
George MacQuarrie
Maitre D'Hotel
Charles Judels
Man in Museum (uncredited)
M Mark Strong
Mr. Vanderbilt (uncredited)
R Robert Dunbar
Cannibal Man
M Martin Turner
Jenny Lind
Virginia Bruce
Ellen
Rochelle Hudson
Nancy Barnum
Janet Beecher
Todd
Tammany Young
Farmer Schultz
Herman Bing
Joice Heth
Lucille La Verne
Gen. Tom Thumb
G George Brasno
Lavinia Thumb
O Olive Brasno

Crew

Director
Walter Lang
Screenplay
G Gene Fowler
Theatre Play
G Gene Fowler
Screenplay
Bess Meredyth
Theatre Play
Bess Meredyth
Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Editor
Barbara McLean
Editor
Allen McNeil
Art Direction
R Richard Day
Costume Design
O Omar Kiam
Sound Engineer
R Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Engineer
F Frank Maher
Director of Photography
J J. Peverell Marley
Original Music Composer
Alfred Newman