4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 1036

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #1036 Universal
Grade: 9.4
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE
Certification #: 0761570009
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 6/12/2012
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

The Big Circus 8/59 Based on the 1959 movie of the same name.

Photo Cover: Victor Mature (as Hank Whirling, photo); Rhonda Fleming (as Helen Harrison, photo); Red Buttons (as Randy Sherman, photo); Vincent Price (as Hans Hagerfeld, photo); David Nelson (as Tommy Gordon, photo); Peter Lorre (as Skeeter, photo); Kathryn Grant (as Jeannie Whirling, photo); Gilbert Roland (as Zach Colino, photo)
Script: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Pencils & Inks: Jesse Marsh

Even at 9.4 this is tied with two other copies as just the fourth best copies. A singe 9.8 and a pair of 9.6’s grade higher. 02/13. . I originally bought this comic graded, as is, from Heritage Auctions.


Table of Contents
1. 1. [The Big Circus]
2. 2. The Big Circus
3. 3. Circus Chow
4. 4. Big-Top Buffoonery Also the back cover of this copy.


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This was based on the movie of the same name in 1958. More about the film below, courtesy of Wikipedia:

The Big Circus is a 1959 film starring Victor Mature as a circus owner struggling with financial trouble and a murderous unknown saboteur.

Plot
Hank Whirling needs a bank's help to keep his Whirling Circus going. He gets a loan on the condition he take along accountant Randy Sherman and publicist Helen Harrison to help the circus turn a profit.
Hank's top act is the Colino trapeze troupe, featuring family patriarch Zach and newcomer Tommy Gordon. Unknown to Hank, his little sister Jeannie has held a lifelong ambition to fly on the trapeze.
An unknown saboteur sets a lion loose, terrifying an audience until Hank manages to tame it. Helen accuses him of staging the incident for publicity. She and Randy are infuriated by Hank's refusal to accept their help. Randy's attempt to save money by firing workers and replacing them with a machine that raises the big-top tent is also sabotaged, leading to a death and many suspicions and accusations.
With the bank about to foreclose, Hank goes to television star Steve Allen to seek needed publicity for the circus. A wire walk across Niagara Falls by Zach is also held, amidst fear of additional sabotage. By the time Jeannie finally gets a shot at flying on the trapeze, Hank realizes that Tommy is the culprit, having a history of mental illness and a grudge against the circus. Jeannie's life and the future of the circus is left hanging by a thread.
[edit] Cast
• Victor Mature as Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling
• Red Buttons as Randy Sherman
• Rhonda Fleming as Helen Harrison
• Kathryn Grant as Jeannie Whirling
• Vincent Price as Hans Hagenfeld
• Gilbert Roland as Zach Colino
• Peter Lorre as Skeeter
• David Nelson as Tommy Gordon
• Adele Mara as Maria 'Mama' Colino
• Howard McNear as Mr. Lomax
• Charles Watts as Jonathan Nelson
• Steve Allen as himself (cameo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Circus
 
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