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 […]
thecircusblog | September 21, 2009
Burt Lancaster and Nick Cravat had been friends for years.Their friendship started when they were kids and they remained friends thoughout their lives. Both were born in New York city and met when they were around the age of ten. They were both interested in gymnastics and later a circus man by the name of Curly Brent taught […]
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 […]
thecircusblog | September 19, 2009
Moscow circus presents monkeys as Jews Israeli living in Russia shocked to find anti-Semitism in capital’s most popular circus as four monkeys enter ring for ‘Jewish Wedding’ skit. Embassy spokesman says heads of Jewish community in Russia found skit ‘bad taste at worst’. Monkeys’ trainer: Representatives of Jewish cultural center approved everything Yael Levy […]
thecircusblog | September 16, 2009
News article on Carmen Hall 1988 while performing with Ringling Bros. My thanks to Geno Zavata, cousin of Carmen, for the ad and photos.
thecircusblog | September 16, 2009
In these photos I really cannot tell what kind of Baboons these are but they look like the Ginny Baboons. In her newspaper ad the baboon has a Mandarin face? I just got a comment on the different Kinds of Baboons they are. Thanks
thecircusblog | September 16, 2009
I never saw this act but I wish I had. I would have enjoyed watching her work these animals as the African baboons are not easy to train nor work. This lady had a lot of intestinal fortitude to work with these animals. Thanks Geno.
thecircusblog | September 16, 2009
This is the actual size of the newspaper ad. This ad was used in May of 1959 or 1960.
thecircusblog | September 16, 2009
I have often wondered where this lady got her courage, not just with working the big cats, but her life in general. At the time that I knew her she was somewhat sullen with just about everyone. I would rib her a little and when she cracked a smile the conversation could start. She knew […]
