Funniest Show on Earth
Funniest Show on Earth (Il più comico spettacolo del mondo) | |
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Film poster | |
Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
Produced by | Alfredo De Laurentiis |
Written by |
Sandro Continenza Italo De Tuddo Ruggero Maccari Mario Monicelli |
Starring |
May Britt Totò Peppino De Filippo |
Music by | Armando Trovaioli |
Cinematography | Riccardo Pallottini |
Edited by | Leo Cattozzo |
Distributed by | Lux Film |
Release dates |
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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), obliged not to make-up off never to not reveal his identity, is constantly haunted by jealousy of three women (a lion tamer, a fantasist, a trapeze artist) and also by the investigation of a police officer. The plot is a clear pretext for a series of numbers taken from magazines Toto (such as the gay hairdresser and masseuse).
Cast
- Totò - Tottons, il clown / Una signora del pubblico
- May Britt - Brigitte, la domatrice
- Mario Castellani - Il domatore
- Peppino De Filippo - Uno spettatore
- Bianca Maria Fabbri
- Franca Faldini - Yvonne, la soubrette
- Enzo Garinei - Altro presentatore
- Fanny Landini
- Marc Lawrence - Il proprietario del circo
- Salvo Libassi
- Alberto Sorrentino - Bastian
- Anthony Quinn - Spettatore
- Silvana Mangano - Spettatrice
References
- ↑ "New York Times: Funniest Show on Earth". NY Times. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- 1 2 Francesco Gallo (17 October 2011). "Toto' faceva ridere anche in 3D". Ansa. Retrieved 10 November 2012.