Suggestion: Saying Goodbye to the Greatest Show on Earth

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After nearly 100 years of operation the final curtain will be closing on Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The "Greatest Show on Earth" was started in 1919 when the Ringling Brothers purchased Barnum and Bailey Ltd and combined the two. Suppose you were to make your own circus out of performers from the many big-top films over the years, who would you pick to star? 

Antonio and Punchy in At the Circus 
Maria "Mama" and Zach Colino in The Big Circus 
Ping and Jing in Big Fish 
Mr. Soggybottom and Amos Callaway in Big Fish 
Pee-wee Herman and Gina Piccolapupula in Big Top Pee-wee 
Anthony "Pop" Wonder in Billy Rose's Jumbo 
Kitty Wonder in Billy Rose's Jumbo 
A circus rider and The Tramp (as a clown) in The Circus 
Toni Alfredo and Steve McCabe in Circus World 
Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo 
Hans, Hercules, Cleopatra and Frieda in Freaks 
Button the Clown in The Greatest Show on Earth 
Marion in Der Himmel über Berlin 
Gelsomina in La strada 
Jerome F. "Jerry" Hotchkiss in 3 Ring Circus 
Toby Tyler in Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus 
Mike Ribble and Lola in Trapeze 
Marlena and Rosie the elephant in Water for Elephants 

List: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls062580979
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