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Greatest Show on Earth Opens Week-Long Run at Palace
The Cecil B. de Mille Technicolor spectacle The Greatest Show on Earth opens for a full week at the Palace Theatre in Fredericksburg. Walter Knoche arranged the engagement to bring this Paramount feature to local audiences. The film blends Hollywood stars with Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey circus acts, with production costs cited at over four million dollars and a lavish, cross-country shoot.
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Palace Theatre
Cecil B. Demille
Paramount
Heston
Dorothy Lamour
Betty Hutton
Cornel Wilde
Charlton Ia Grahame
Henry Wilcoxon
Lyle Betger
Lawrence Tierney
Emmett Kepla
Antoinette Concello
James Stewart
Cecil B. DeMill
Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey C
Theodore St. John
Cecil. deMilles
Walter Knoche
Fredericksburg
Paramount Picture
America
Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus