Funniest Show on Earth

Funniest Show on Earth
(Il più comico spettacolo del mondo)
Funniest Show on Earth; (Il più comico spettacolo del mondo)
	Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Sandro Continenza; Italo De Tuddo; Ruggero Maccari; Mario Monicelli
Produced by	Alfredo De Laurentiis
Starring	May Britt; Totò; Peppino De Filippo
Cinematography	Riccardo Pallottini
Edited by	Leo Cattozzo
Music by	Armando Trovaioli
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	1953;
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
Bianca Maria Fabbri
Franca Faldini as Yvonne, la soubrette
Enzo Garinei as Altro presentatore
Fanny Landini
Marc Lawrence as Il proprietario del circo
Salvo Libassi
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. 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

Funniest Show on Earth at IMDb

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[NY_Times-1] Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Funniest Show on Earth". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2008.

[dvfrv-2] Francesco Gallo (17 October 2011). "Toto' faceva ridere anche in 3D". Ansa. Retrieved 10 November 2012.

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