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Billy Rose's Jumbo

  • 19621962
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 2h 3m
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6.1/10
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Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
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A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
IMDb RATING
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1.6K
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    • Charles Walters
    • Ben Hecht(book)
    • Charles MacArthur(book)
    • Sidney Sheldon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Doris Day
    • Jimmy Durante
    • Stephen Boyd
    • Charles Walters
    • Ben Hecht(book)
    • Charles MacArthur(book)
    • Sidney Sheldon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Doris Day
    • Jimmy Durante
    • Stephen Boyd
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 56User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Trailer 3:20
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    Jimmy Durante in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Dean Jagger, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Doris Day in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    "Billy Rose's Jumbo" Doris Day 1962 MGM
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    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
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    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, and Jimmy Durante in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

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    Doris Day
    Doris Day
    • Kitty Wonder
    Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    • Anthony 'Pop' Wonder
    Stephen Boyd
    Stephen Boyd
    • Sam Rawlins
    Martha Raye
    Martha Raye
    • Lulu
    Dean Jagger
    Dean Jagger
    • John Noble
    Joseph Waring
    • Harry
    Lynn Wood
    • Tina
    Charles Watts
    • Ellis
    James Chandler
    James Chandler
    • Parsons
    Robert Burton
    Robert Burton
    • Madison
    Wilson Wood
    • Hank
    Norman Leavitt
    Norman Leavitt
    • Eddie
    Grady Sutton
    Grady Sutton
    • Driver
    Ron Henon
    • Circus Performer
    The Carlisles
    • Circus Performers
    The Pedrolas
    • Circus Performers
    Wazzan Troupe
    • Circus Performers
    • (as The Wazzans)
    Poodles Hanneford
    Poodles Hanneford
    • Circus Performers
    • (as The Hannefords)
      • Charles Walters
      • Ben Hecht(book)
      • Charles MacArthur(book)
      • Sidney Sheldon(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      This was Doris Day's last appearance in a full-on musical - and one of the last of the lavishly-budgeted MGM musicals as well. Despite Day being ranked the #1 box office star at the time of its release, it was widely considered a box office failure.
    • Goofs
      Lulu somehow manages to come out of the cannon backwards - the opposite way to how she entered.
    • Quotes

      Kitty Wonder: [When fortune teller Lulu is reading her palm] Do you really see somebody?

      Lulu: Yes! He's tall, dark...

      Kitty Wonder: ...and handsome? You are such a faker! Do you ever see someone short, fat and ugly?

      Lulu: Yep... in the mirror!

    • Connections
      Featured in 7 Nights to Remember (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Why Can't I?
      Music by Richard Rodgers

      Lyrics by Lorenz Hart

      Performed by Doris Day and Martha Raye

    User reviews56

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    Musical Eden
    JUMBO might be silly (actually very deliberately silly, therein much of the enjoyment) but it is genuinely beautiful to look at and easy to enjoy. I saw it on DVD in widescreen and with a superb 5.1 sound system. The orchestral score by MGM arranger Roger Edens with Rodgers and Hart songs is truly sensational and as such adds a jumbo sized level of thorough professional musical lushness. Clearly made on the MGM back-lot with some obvious budget constraints, JUMBO is still delivered with the MGM polish for screen spectacle and a hankering to 'really entertain the audience'. There is some very unkind animal scenes (especially the muzzled bear dressed in a bonnet which looks like Hannibal Lecter in a fur coat and Grandma Duck hat) which only emphasizes how public acceptance of entertainment has changed. The special effects in some high-wire scenes are very clever and the tightrope act supposedly with Jummy Durante is perfectly achieved. As big as it could be JUMBO is solid family entertainment. Other comments will rave about Doris Day and moan about Stephen Boyd and they are all very right. Since this was Boyd's next film after BEN HUR do you realize that an advertisement could actually say "Stephen Boyd star of BEN HUR now in his biggest film: JUMBO" and it would actually make sense that JUMBO was indeed bigger than BEN HUR.............!! Yes, I know......I just wanted to say that. (but it IS true!)
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    • Jun 13, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 19, 1962 (United Kingdom)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Euterpe
      • Arwin Productions
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    • 2 hours 3 minutes

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