Yasmin Tang| Reporter ‘The Greatest Showman’, starring Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron, is a terrific film which celebrates both the great work of P.T. Barnum and the unity of those around him, Phineas Taylor Barnum was a poor young boy who was an apprentice tailor to his father. During a time when his father worked for the Hallett family, Barnum grew close to their daughter, Charity.