This could be the most accurate screen dramatization of P.T. Barnum's colorful life. It makes perfect sense to have a larger-than-life actor with circus experience in the title role. Burt Lancaster was an acrobat, who became an Oscar winning actor and a successful film producer.
Lancaster has the charisma to chat directly with the viewer. His narration and the use of illustrations help to summarize certain crises that would have required entire feature length movies of their own.
This movie should have been released to theaters. Perhaps it was in Europe.
Lancaster has the charisma to chat directly with the viewer. His narration and the use of illustrations help to summarize certain crises that would have required entire feature length movies of their own.
This movie should have been released to theaters. Perhaps it was in Europe.