Beverly Hillbillies
thecircusblog | March 25, 2010
The Beverly Hillbillies were always looking for animal talent for their television shows. Animal people got a lot of work…..including Henry’s Chimps.
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“G.T.”
thecircusblog | March 25, 2010
This photo I believe to be Gene Holter’s “G.T” short for “Great Tiger”. He was a well trained animal for motion picture work.
The Diving Mule
thecircusblog | March 25, 2010
Tom Mix..This says it all
thecircusblog | January 12, 2010
This is a rare photo. This is a billboard advertising the circus. Bill boards were not too common in those days and much smaller, nothing like the ones of today. This photo was taken along a country road somewhere near the town in which the circus played. Date of photo Sept 1931.
Tom Mix
thecircusblog | January 11, 2010
This portrait photo was given to the press for the Tom Mix ads for the Sells Floto Circus 1931.
Tom Mix on Sells Floto Circus
thecircusblog | January 5, 2010
This photo of Tom Mix taking it easy between shows was shot in 1931. Later he took out his own Circus. See the comment below. There is another comment By Dick Smith.
David Nelson…. a Circus Performer
thecircusblog | January 5, 2010
A little known fact about David Nelson is his circus background. In the early 1960’s not only was he an actor but a well trained catcher in a flying act ….and he was a powerhouse of a catcher. Both David and his brother Ricky became accomplished aerialist’s. Ricky was a flyer and was in a circus movie […]
Trapeze
thecircusblog | September 21, 2009
The motion picture Trapeze was shot in 1956. It was an instant success. Just a year or two before the movie came out, my family and I were on the Siebrand Bros Circus and this is where I met my dear friend Shelby Jackson. Shelby and his wife Babe did a Horizontal Bar act on the […]
Burt Lancaster
thecircusblog | September 21, 2009
I don’t think there was a motion picture that Burt Lancaster did that I didn’t like. He was bigger than life and no matter who stared with him in a picture, he took their thunder, That’s only my opinion of course. In his action movies where he had to be athletic, the circus acrobat came out […]
Wallace Beery
thecircusblog | September 5, 2009
Wallace Beery was born April 1, 1885 In Kansas City Missouri. At the age of sixteen he joined the Ringling Bros Circus. His first responsibility was a groom with the elephants.Then later he became a herdsmen. His job was bringing in the elephants to the ring and working the bull tubs. Yes he worked with the […]
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