Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Groan ... The DeMille "Touch":

For me, this movie already had two strikes against it before I even started watching it: Cecil B. DeMille and Charlton Heston. I've always thought DeMille movies were overproduced, empty spectacles, and that Heston performances were overripe, empty caricatures. Well, both men were true to form in this story about the conflicts behind the scenes at a travelling circus. Heston snarls and orders people around as the circus manager, the object of the affections of Betty Hutton, aerial star, and Gloria Grahame,... more info

Experience the "BIG TOP " life in TECHNICOLOR now on DVD!:

For the first time on DVD Paramount Pictures brings us Cecil B. DeMille's "The Greatest Show on Earth". 1952's biggest box office hit and Oscar Winner for BEST PICTURE. This film has been digitally restored (picture & sound) and presented in beautiful TECHNICOLOR in Standard Format (before WideScreen). There are no Extra Features with this DVD. The picture alone is worth the price of addmission!!!!!!!

Why so popular picture in 1952? Director DeMille captured America's heart by a very behind the... more info

What's with this transfer?:

Okay, you like the movie or you don't. I do. Corny but a great spectacle,etc. But what's with this transfer? It is full screen, not letterboxed, and some scenes snap inexplicably in and out of close-up mode -- not pan and scan but hop and jump. Damn shame, given the wait for this one.

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