Review of Billy Rose's Jumbo

From 1962 comes another circus picture, with its share of bad dudes, amazing costuming, and a disaster of two. This film seems to fit in with the musicals of the 40's and 50's, after the war America was euphoric to have our boys home but by the 1960's we began to see message musicals like West Side Story dealing with problems below the surface. You bought or viewed this film because you love musicals the story isn't important. There is the ner' do well Jimmy Durante who blows the circus revenues on crooked crap games causing Day to pull out the storms to keep the motley assembly together, with bill collectors in chase. Stephan Boyd is oddly the pick to be her love interest. He vocals aren't his but dubbed. It all works out in the end, lovers marry, scoundrels fess up and get second chances. But then again you didn't watch this film for the story.