Oscar-Ku 25 -The Greatest Show On Earth

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Cecil B DeMille
Buttons the clown on the lam. . .
dramatic train wreck

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Every source I researched said the film was considered one of the top 3 worse choices for Best Picture Oscar. Interestingly, the train wreck is the most famous scene of the film. Steven Spielberg cited this film as one of the first he ever saw as a child; and the train crash scene specifically influenced him to get into film making. So that's pretty good, yeah?

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Constance La France

Date: 5/26/2018 1:13:00 PM

Mark, my mom had a lot of old movies and that was one of them, actually there are parts I thought were very good. I still have it somewhere. I recall the clown always in face paint was a doctor hiding from the law and saved some people thus exposing himself

Mark Toney
Date: 5/26/2018 1:47:00 PM

Jimmy Stewart as Buttons the clown :) Thanks for taking the time to share.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/25/2018 11:45:00 PM

I guess we do not have to worry about wondering what your opinion is. Ha!

Mark Toney
Date: 5/26/2018 12:47:00 AM

LOL -Every source I researched said the film was considered one of the top 3 worse choices for Best Picture Oscar. The good thing is there was a dramatic train wreck scene in the movie; and it was that train wreck scene that caused a young Steven Spielberg to want to get into the movie business. So that's pretty good, yeah?

Oscar-Ku 25 -The Greatest Show On Earth

Cecil B DeMille Buttons the clown on the lam. . . dramatic train wreck

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Cecil B DeMille
Buttons the clown on the lam. . .
dramatic train wreck