The Mighty Barnum

Directed byWalter Lang

Written byGene Fowler (play and screenplay)
Bess Meredyth (play and screenplay)
John Huston (uncredited)

Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck

StarringWallace Beery
Adolphe Menjou
Virginia Bruce
Rochelle Hudson

The Mighty Barnum
Directed by	Walter Lang
Written by	Gene Fowler (play and screenplay) Bess Meredyth (play and screenplay) John Huston (uncredited)
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Wallace Beery Adolphe Menjou Virginia Bruce Rochelle Hudson
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Music by	Alfred Newman
Production company	Twentieth Century Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 23, 1934 (1934-12-23)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Mighty Barnum is a 1934 film directed by Walter Land and starring Wallace Beery^[1] as P.T. Barnum. The movie was written by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth, adapted from their play of the same name.^[2] 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.^[3]