The Mighty Barnum

The Mighty Barnum is a 1934 film starring Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum. The movie was written by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth, adapted from their play of the same name, and directed by Walter Lang. Beery had played Barnum four years earlier in A Lady's Morals, a highly fictionalized biography of singer Jenny Lind. The supporting cast features Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind, and Rochelle Hudson.

Cast

 * Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum
 * Adolphe Menjou as Bailey Walsh
 * Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind
 * Rochelle Hudson as Ellen
 * Janet Beecher as Nancy Barnum
 * Tammany Young as Todd
 * Herman Bing as Farmer Schultz
 * Lucille La Verne as Joice Heath
 * George Brasno as Tom Thumb
 * Olive Brasno as Lavinia Thumb
 * May Boley as the Bearded Lady
 * John Hyams as J.P. Skiff
 * Ian Wolfe as Swedish Consul
 * Davison Clark as Horace Greeley
 * George MacQuarrie as Daniel Webster
 * Charles Judels as Maitre D'Hotel
 * Philo McCullough as Publicity Man (uncredited)
 * Frank Morgan as Joe (uncredited)
 * Frances Raymond as Matron (uncredited)