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Her 1850–1852 tour of America is a plot point in the 1980 musical Barnum and the 2017 film The Greatest Showman, both of which include a fictionalized relationship between Lind and Barnum with "romantic undertones". [24] Norwegian Air Shuttle's Boeing 737-8JP registration LN-DYG is called Jenny Lind and has a drawing of Lind on its tail. [67]
Cottage-style spindled furniture is still named for her, especially Jenny Lind cribs and beds. [39] The tour is a plot point in the 1980 musical Barnum and the 2017 film The Greatest Showman, both of which include a fictionalized relationship between Lind and Barnum with "romantic undertones". [40]
Barnum finds two new star attractions, Tom Thumb, who appears to advise that "Bigger Isn't Better", and Jumbo the elephant. Barnum then becomes manager of the famous Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind ("Love Makes Such Fools of Us All"). Barnum becomes enamored of her and sees the attraction of going on tour with her ("Out There").
Barnum became aware of the popularity of Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", during his European tour with Tom Thumb when her career was at its height in Europe. Barnum, admittedly unmusical, had never heard Lind's voice [ 21 ] but he offered her the chance to sing in the US at $1,000 a night for 150 nights, with all expenses paid.
The character of Jenny Lind is portrayed as a glamorous woman who becomes infatuated with Barnum and, when he doesn't respond to her overtures, quits the show. In her final performance, she lures Barnum out to the stage for a public kiss in an attempt to flame rumors about their romance.
We recently watched "The Greatest Showman" movie (2017) starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum (1810-1891), an American icon famous for his circus "The Greatest Show on Earth."
To market the act, Barnum gave Stratton the name General Tom Thumb, naming him after the popular English fairy tale. [4] The tour was a huge success and soon expanded. A year later, Barnum took young Stratton on a tour of Europe, making him an international celebrity. [5] Along with Barnum, Stratton appeared before Queen Victoria.
A Lady's Morals is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Sidney Franklin.Its plot is a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind.The film features Grace Moore as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover and Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum.