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Billy Rose's Jumbo is a 1962 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye. An adaptation of the stage musical Jumbo produced by Billy Rose, the film was directed by Charles Walters, written by Sidney Sheldon, and featured Busby Berkeley 's choreography.
Billy Rose's Jumbo - (Original Trailer) The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) starring Doris Day, Jimmy Durante and Martha Raye.
- Charles Walters
- Doris Day
The musical was made into a movie as Billy Rose's Jumbo in 1962, starring Jimmy Durante, Doris Day, Martha Raye, and Stephen Boyd, featuring Busby Berkeley's choreography. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Scoring of Music-Adaptation or Treatment.
Billy Rose's Jumbo: Directed by Charles Walters. With Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, Martha Raye. A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
- Charles Walters
- 3 min
Actress: Billy Rose's Jumbo. Known as "The Big Mouth" and considered the female equivalent to Bob Hope, Martha Raye was an American icon in her own right. She was born Margy Reed in Butte, Montana, to Maybelle Hazel (Hooper) and Peter Reed, Jr., vaudeville performers.
- January 1, 1
- Butte, Montana, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
The film ends with a spectacular production number, Sawdust, Spangles and Dreams in which the foursome don clown outfits and perform some traditional slap-happy routines. Raye and Day are especially deft. Kitty Wonder (Day) and ‘Pop’ Wonder (Durante) take a bow in Billy Rose’s Jumbo.
'Billy Rose's Jumbo' is the soundtrack album to the 1962 film of the same name: featuring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye. Columbia Masterworks Records released the recording on November 12, 1962, under catalog numbers OL-5860 (monaural LP) and OS-2260 (stereophonic).
