Full awards and nominations of The Greatest Show on Earth
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To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground. Subplots involve the secret past of Buttons the Clown and the efforts of racketeers to move in on the game concessions. Let the show begin!
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25th Academy Awards (1953) - Movies from 1952
- winner Best Picture
- nom. Best Director (Cecil B. DeMille)
- winner Best Story (Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett)
- nom. Best Film Editing (Anne Bauchens)
- nom. Best Costume Design, Color (Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White)
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10th Golden Globes Awards (1953) - Movies from 1952
- winner Best Picture - Drama
- winner Best Director (Cecil B. DeMille)
- winner Best Cinematography - Color (George Barnes, J. Peverell Marley)
- Directors Guild of America (DGA) - 1952 Productions