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Director: Charles Walters
Genres: Musical Romance, Action, Musical
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Summary:
Inasmuch as the spectacular Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart Broadway musical +Jumbo was written in 1935, this 1962 film version can't help but seem a little quaint. Still, the film features the original production's star Jimmy Durante, energetically recreating his stage role as circus owner Pop Wonder; it is Durante's bravura performance that saves the film from dullness. T... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Doris Day - (Kitty Wonder)
Stephen Boyd - (Sam Rawlins)
Jimmy Durante - (Pop Wonder)
Martha Raye - (Lulu)
Dean Jagger - (John Noble)
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Review:
A throwback to an earlier, simpler era, Billy Rose's Jumbo is a moderately entertaining musical, the slender plot of which cannot support the elephantine proportions of its production. The spectacle is certainly impressive; a lot of money was spent on re-creating some marvelous circus acts and settings, but they only seem to point up how skimpy ... Continue >>

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