Review of The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) by Lizzy B — 24 Jun 2008

Fascinating from an historical perspective. Tough to beat Steward and Heston together - the acting is superb.

This review of The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) was written by Lizzy B on 24 Jun 2008.

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By Greg W (4,011) on 31 Mar 2015

Just as the title emplies this is a BIG picture like only CB DeMille could do, just as a sidebar, my mom loved Demille esp his religious epics…

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Yeah so the graphics of course are dated and the propaganda is obvious at parts but everything else I really liked. Its a good family movie…

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