In the first half of the 20th century, aerial performers — not elephants or tigers — were the big draw at circuses. And nobody was a bigger star than Lillian Leitzel, a tiny woman from Eastern Europe ...

Margot Robbie has consolidated what’s already been an extremely high-profile 2016 by signing up to play the lead role in forthcoming biopic Queen of the Air, an adaptation of Dean N. Jensen’s book of ...

Margot Robbie has been cast as 1920s trapeze artist Lillian Leitzel in an upcoming biopic. After swinging about in Tarzan and showing off her aerial maneuvers as Suicide Squad’s ass-kicking circus ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT This two-part "American Experience" film by veteran "AE" producer Sharon Grimberg looks at the history of the circus in the United States, with Monday night covering 1793 to 1891 and ...

In the golden age of the circus, aerialist Lillian Leitzel captivated crowds around the world with her effortless, high-flying stunts under the... Lillian Leitzel, The High-Flying 'Queen' Of The ...

Step aside Tarzan - Margot Robbie will show you how to swing. The 26-year-old has been cast as the famed trapeze artist Lillian Leitzel. The actress will play the tragic circus star in a big screen ...

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