Trapeze (1956)

Trapeze (1956) was a Drama Film directed by Carol Reed and produced by Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster and James Hill.

Life is a Circus in Trapeze

It all started with Strauss’s The Beautiful Blue Danube… and a fatal?plunge… Trapeze is one of those movies made to hold your breath, to be at the edge of your seat and contempt the colourful world of the impressive circus. I’m writing on this film today for the At the Circus... Read full article

George Plimpton: Acting with The Duke, Swinging on a Trapeze, and Playing Quarterback!

Plimpton and Joe Schmidt. It’s embarrassing now to admit that I didn’t know much about George Plimpton when I started watching his TV specials at age 14. I knew he had written the nonfiction book Paper Lion, in which he went “undercover” as a rookie quarterback on the Detroi... Read full article

George Plimpton: Acting with The Duke, Swinging on a Trapeze, and Playing Quarterback!

Plimpton and Joe Schmidt. It’s embarrassing now to admit that I didn’t know much about George Plimpton when I started watching his TV specials at age 14. I knew he had written the nonfiction book Paper Lion, in which he went “undercover” as a rookie quarterback on the Detroi... Read full article

Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)

Man on the Flying Trapeze Directed by Clyde Bruckman 1935/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing Ambrose Wolfinger: Yes it is, very hard. It’s almost impossible. No trapeze here. ?A day in the life of Ambrose Wolfinger (W.C. Fields)?begins with two singing burglars in his basement. ?We then fo... Read full article

Previously on The Man on the Flying Trapeze ...

"Platinum Blonde and the Birth of Cinderella Man" "Ladies They Talk About," or Barbara Stanwyck, Badass "Dance, Fools, Dance" and the MGM Effect Un-Awkward Early Talkie Theatre: "Flight"... Read full article