News Summary

• "Circus World" flopped at the box office and quickly became a footnote in cinema history.
• John Wayne stars as Matt Masters, a Buffalo Bill-style cowboy performer who owns a once-near-bankrupt American circus.
• A vintage review in The New York Times describes the movie as "dismally trite and obvious" "The Greatest Show on Earth" is now considered one of the worst Best Picture Oscar winners in history, so imitating it has always been a bad idea from a quality standpoint.