Trapeze

Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado

released: 1956 May 29   duration: 1:46:16

Mike Ribble (Burt Lancaster) was once a great trapeze artist who had completed a triple somersault before his accident. Tino (Tony Curtis) joins the circus and manages to convince Mike to teach him the triple. Meanwhile Lola (Gina Lollobrigida), a tumbler, wants to get in on the act.

At 0:05:49, we see 6 rings, then 5 rings, and then 3 rings juggled in the background, all taking 44 seconds.
At 0:10:44, 4 clubs are juggled in the background for 6 seconds.
At 0:24:22, in the next 2 minutes we see nearly nonstop juggling in the background with 3 clubs, 4 rings, 4 large balls, and 4 clubs.
At 0:28:12, 4 clubs are juggled in the background for 3 seconds.
At 0:45:54, 3 clubs are juggled in the background for 2 seconds.
At 0:50:32, 3 clubs are juggled by two people, one a young boy, for about 20 seconds.
At 1:11:15, 5 rings are juggled for 26 seconds.

The entire movie may be seen here.


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