Funniest Show on Earth
Funniest Show on Earth (Il più comico spettacolo del mondo) | |
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Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
Written by | Sandro Continenza Ruggero Maccari Mario Monicelli |
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Starring | May Britt Totò Peppino De Filippo |
Cinematography | Riccardo Pallottini |
Edited by | Leo Cattozzo |
Music by | Armando Trovaioli |
Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Funniest Show on Earth (Italian: Il più comico spettacolo del mondo) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring May Britt.[1] It is the first Italian film in 3D.
It was filmed with a three-dimensional shooting system patented by Carlo Ponti and Dino De Laurentiis and called "PoDelVision" (from the initials of their surnames), which prescribed the simultaneous use of more cameras and then the printing of two identical copies of films: one for the left eye and one for the right eye.[2]
The film is an explicit parody of Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth.[2]
Plot[]
In the circus a clown named Tottons Togni (Totò), forced to never remove his make-up to avoid revealing his real identity, is constantly haunted by the jealousy of three women (a lion tamer, a fantasist, a trapeze artist) and also by the investigations of a police officer.
Cast[]
- Totò as Tottons, il clown / Una signora del pubblico
- May Britt as Brigitte, la domatrice
- Mario Castellani as Il domatore
- Peppino De Filippo as Uno spettatore
- Franca Faldini as Yvonne, la soubrette
- Enzo Garinei as Altro presentatore
- Marc Lawrence as Il proprietario del circo
- Alberto Sorrentino as Bastian
- Anthony Quinn as Spettatore
- Silvana Mangano as Spettatrice
References[]
- ^ Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Funniest Show on Earth". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ a b Francesco Gallo (17 October 2011). "Toto' faceva ridere anche in 3D". Ansa. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
External links[]
- 1953 films
- Italian-language films
- 1950s 3D films
- 1953 comedy films
- 1950s parody films
- Italian films
- Italian parody films
- Italian 3D films
- Films directed by Mario Mattoli
- Circus films
- Lux Film films
- 1950s Italian comedy film stubs