(1956, Carol Reed) High wire star Burt Lancaster (doing most of his own stunts) tries the triple  one time too many, but young hot shot Tony Curtis wants to try it himself, via partnership with Burt  but then Gina Lollobrigida enters the picture.

The Hartford circus fire, which occurred on July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, was one of the worst fire disasters in United States history. The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Bros.

The first European to set foot in present-day Nevada were Spanish merchants traveling the road to Los Angeles. They named the area "Las Vegas," which means "the meadows" in Spanish.

Rafael Rivera was part of an expedition along the Old Spanish Trail. When he saw the Las Vegas Valley, he gave it the name Las Vegas, which means the meadows' in Spanish. Rafael Rivera gave Las Vegas its name because there were grasses and greenery from the Las Vegas springs in the area.