When Barnum was fifteen, his father died, and his family was poor thereafter. At nineteen, with nothing else to lose, he ran away with his childhood best friend, Charity Hallett, who was a seamstress.

The Greatest Showman is a captivating 2017 biographical musical drama that takes viewers on an inspiring journey through the life of P.T. Barnum, the visionary behind the Barnum & Bailey Circus.