Word: circusing
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...gored to death, an auto race against time in which Reggie zooms, at 250 miles an hour, across the sands of Esperanta with his engine on fire and crashes it into the sea, an inquisition trial which took place several centuries before, a wild gypsy dance, and a circus stunt in which a girl in an evening gown walks on her hands and giggles all at the same time...
...Greatest Show on Earth is an uncomfortable assemblage of Ringling Brothers, the March of Time, and John's Other Wife. The circus parts are as good as the real McCoy from a six buck seat, the documentary part aims to prove the circus is a basic industry, and the rest is a powerful emetic...
There are, of course, the usual DeMille touches--crowd scenes, production numbers, spectacular photography, and a sensational five-minute train crash that makes the wreck of Old 97 look like a kiddie-car collision. These parts and the circus acts are diverting and enjoyable providing of course you check your brain with the midget on duty in the lobby...
...that's not all. The elephant trainer, jealous of his female assistant, wrecks the circus train, severely injuring the circus owner, bringing the girl aerialist back to earth, and causing James Stewart, up to now a kindly clown, to be picked up for the murder of his wife. Meanwhile in a small, furnished room on the other side of town...
Some 14 Harvard, hopefuls left for New Haven last night and early this morning. Most of them should score in the two-day water-circus, and Harvard figures to finish second to the Elis, in the mythical team championship, for the second successive year...