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Christmas with the Greatest Show on Earth (1955)
TV Special | 60 min | Family

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Christmas with the Greatest Show on Earth (1955)

TV Special | 60 min | Family

CBS broadcast this one-hour remote from the winter quarters of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus, Sarasota, Florida, featuring circus performers and their families in a Yuletide party. Charlton Heston and John Ringling ...See moreCBS broadcast this one-hour remote from the winter quarters of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus, Sarasota, Florida, featuring circus performers and their families in a Yuletide party. Charlton Heston and John Ringling North served as hosts, introducing the circus acts and interviewing the children of the performers during the acts. Pantomiming his way through the proceedings was the noted clown, Emmett Kelly. Circus performances included Trevor Bale's Tigers, the Justino Loyal Riding Act, Hugo Schmitt's Performing Elephants, the Flying Palacios, The Cordons' Whip Cracking Act, and the acrobatic act, the Two Carmenas. Appearing in film sequences were Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, Pat Brady, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Spring Byington, Johnny Carson, Eve Arden, and Peggy Wood. Music was by Merle Evans' circus band with Christmas Carols performed by the various circus acts and their families. See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Eve Arden Self Self See fewer	Our Miss Brooks (1952)
Desi Arnaz Self Self See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Lucille Ball Self Self See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Pat Brady Self Self See fewer	Man from Music Mountain (1943)
Spring Byington Self Self See fewer	You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Johnny Carson Self Self See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Cordons Self - Whip Cracking Act Self - Whip Cracking Act See fewer	The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Dale Evans Self Self See fewer	Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
Merle Evans Self - Music Director Self - Music Director See fewer	The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Flying Palacios Self - Trapeze Act Self - Trapeze Act See fewer	The Garry Moore Show (1958)
Charlton Heston Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Emmett Kelly Self Self See fewer	General Electric Theater (1953)
John Ringling North Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Roy Rogers Self Self See fewer	Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
The Two Carmenas Self - Acrobats Self - Acrobats See fewer	The London Palladium Show (1966)
Takoe Usui Self - High Wire Act Self - High Wire Act See fewer	The Jackie Gleason Show (1952)
Peggy Wood Self Self See fewer	The Sound of Music (1965)