Funniest Show on Earth

Funniest Show on Earth (Il più comico spettacolo del mondo)
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	1953 (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), 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 2008-08-01.
1 2 Francesco Gallo (17 October 2011). "Toto' faceva ridere anche in 3D". Ansa. Retrieved 10 November 2012.

External links

Funniest Show on Earth at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Mario Mattoli

1930s	Full Speed I Love You Only The Man Who Smiles Sette giorni all'altro mondo La damigella di Bard Musica in piazza Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo These Children Felicita Colombo Destiny Triumph of Love Nonna Felicità L'ha fatto una signora The Lady in White We Were Seven Sisters At Your Orders, Madame We Were Seven Widows Imputato, alzatevi! Mille chilometri al minuto! Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?

1940s	Abbandono The Pirate's Dream Non me lo dire! Luce nelle tenebre Schoolgirl Diary I Live as I Please Catene invisibili The Three Pilots The Lady Is Fickle Labbra serrate Stasera niente di nuovo La valle del diavolo La vispa Teresa Anything for a Song The Last Wagon The Za-Bum Circus Life Begins Anew Partenza ore 7 The Two Orphans Totò al giro d'Italia Fifa e arena Cab Number 13 Assunta Spina Signorinella The Firemen of Viggiù Adam and Eve

1950s	Totò Tarzan Il vedovo allegro L'inafferrabile 12 I cadetti di Guascogna Totò sceicco Vendetta... sarda Toto the Third Man Il padrone del vapore Arrivano i nostri Anema e core Accidents to the Taxes!! Five Paupers in an Automobile Neapolitan Turk Siamo tutti inquilini Funniest Show on Earth Two Nights with Cleopatra Totò cerca pace Il medico dei pazzi Poverty and Nobility L'ultimo amante Eighteen Year Olds I giorni più belli Peppino, le modelle e chella là Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics Move and I'll Shoot Tipi da spiaggia Prepotenti più di prima Non perdiamo la testa Guardatele ma non toccatele

1960s	Signori si nasce Un mandarino per Teo Appuntamento a Ischia Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare Hercules in the Valley of Woe Appuntamento in riviera 5 marines per 100 ragazze Obiettivo ragazze Corpse for the Lady For a Few Dollars Less

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