The Mighty Barnum
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
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
May Boley
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)
Robert Dunbar
Mr. Vanderbilt (uncredited)
Martin Turner
Cannibal Man
Susanne Leach
Old Dowager (uncredited)
Crew
Walter Lang
Director
Omar Kiam
Costume Design
Gene Fowler
Theatre Play
Bess Meredyth
Screenplay
Gene Fowler
Screenplay
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Engineer
Richard Day
Art Direction
Allen McNeil
Editor
Barbara McLean
Editor
Bess Meredyth
Theatre Play
Frank Maher
Sound Engineer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer