This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Circus World 1964 Trailer produced by movie producer Samuel Bronston Back in 1963, John Wayne was shooting Circus World (known as The Magnificent Showman in UK) with Claudia Cardinale and Rita Hayworth. Duke starred as Wild West circus star Matt Masters in the movie that received mixed reviews and would ultimately be a financial disappointment.
Fans will remember there’s a climatic circus fire scene in the movie, but it ended up being a real-life flaming disaster that burned through 40 sequel feet of the Aranjuez set. In fact, it was such a close call that Wayne was almost killed during the accident. Read more.
.. John Wayne ‘exploded in rage’ when caught using oxygen mask on Dean Martin set Circus World features a climatic fire that got out of control in real life (Image: GETTY) John Wayne’s estate shared on Instagram this week: “Today marks the 60th Anniversary of the release of Circus World (1964).
When circus proprietor Matt Masters, played by John Wayne, decides to take his show on a European tour, it is beset by problems, while he searches for Lili, the mother of his adopted daughter, who disappeared years before. Did you know? John Wayne sailed his yacht the Wild Goose to Europe in order to make this film. “Whilst filming a scene where the main tent catches fire, John Wayne was almost killed when the set collapsed.
As he was ‘fighting’ the fir.