Ad
related to: ringling brothers ringmaster list of movies
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling, is an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. It and its predecessor have run shows from 1871, with a hiatus from 2017 to 2023.
The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, [2] shot in Technicolor and released by Paramount Pictures.Set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the film stars Betty Hutton and Cornel Wilde as trapeze artists competing for the center ring and Charlton Heston as the circus manager.
Henry William George Ringling (1869–1918). Henry was the youngest of the brothers, and died October 10, 1918, of a heart disorder and other internal organ disorders. [11] Ida Loraina Wilhelmina Ringling (1874–1950). Ida married Harry Whitestone North (1858–1921) in 1902. Their sons were John Ringling North and Henry Ringling North.
Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows is a circus founded in Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States in 1884 by five of the seven Ringling brothers: Albert, August, Otto, Alfred T., Charles, John, and Henry. The Ringling brothers were sons of a German immigrant, August Frederick Rüngeling, who changed his name to Ringling once he settled in America.
The Benzini Bros. circus is officially shut down, and no one is charged with releasing the animals. Back in the present, Jacob explains to O'Brien that he and Marlena took Rosie and got jobs with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He finished his degree and worked as a circus veterinarian while Marlena continued to perform with Rosie.
In 1998, at the age of 22, Iverson joined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. [4] He was the first African American ringmaster, as well as the youngest ringmaster at the company. [1] [3] [2] Ebony magazine said of him, "The instant he appears out of the darkness and into the spotlight…the audience is rapt."
James Bailey House in Harlem, New York City. James Anthony Bailey (July 4, 1847 – April 11, 1906) (né McGinnis), was an American owner and manager of several 19th-century circuses, including the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (also billed as "The Greatest Show on Earth").
Timothy J. Holst (October 9, 1947 – April 16, 2009) began his circus career in 1971 graduating from Clown College, touring as a clown in 1972, and then became the singing ringmaster in 1973 with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. [1] [2] The son of a postman and a nurse, Holst was born in Galesburg, Illinois.