Sunday, January 15, 2006

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14 comments:

Anonymous said...

It looks like Frank Perry.

Anonymous said...

Only in the movie. not a real elephant man

Anonymous said...

Or Arky Scott in make up.

Bob Cline said...

I can't remember the actors name in this photo but the real trainer would have been Arky Scott.
Bob

Anonymous said...

Thats me on the ground with foot in mouth

Anonymous said...

acting/accent by Lyle Bettger, elephants by Arky

Anonymous said...

The Evil Klaus, the elephant's name was Minyak (or the name of the fake foot).
Was this the part of the film when manager Brad had enough of the evil Klaus and handed the elephants over to Arky?

Anonymous said...

I'll agree with Rebecca on all 3 comments & that nice old microphone looks to be an Emerson X3b Model( very rare )& exelent for returning comments at close range while performing !

GaryHill said...

Evil Klaus it was but the elephants real name wasn't Minyak I think it was Rosie or Babe? Which one was it Buckles or am I even close? Thanks, Gary

Buckles said...

No, Jim is right, the elephant used in the movie was one of five brought over from Europe in 1947 along with Hugo Schmitt "Kernaudi", "Minyak", "Mudu", "Sabu" and "Icky".
The "Minyak" and "Mudu" I had were next generation elephants bearing the same names.

Anonymous said...

Some a66h99 person on Circus News forum made the crack that I could not keep my elephants straight. Now I don't feel so bad as this is no easy task. At least I had my facts straight. Most of these qucks have never seen an elephant in the flesh. Will someone please tell me what a vile is? I was called this by carol buckley and am sure it is no term of endearment.

Anonymous said...

Was the Mudu of your generation originally named Joyti from the St. Louis Zoo? I remember how amazed the Zoo staff was that Hugo came over with an elephant, collar chained Joyti, and walked back the the Arena about 4 blocks away in time for the 5pm show.

Buckles said...

The "Mudu" I had was one of the Billy Smart elephants that the Ringling Show bought in 1972 but she came with the name "Chi Chi". Easy to see why Hugo changed that, too hard to say since you use an elephant's name repeatedly.

GaryHill said...

Buckles, in the Sept archives you refer to a "Ruth" on this same picture. That's where I had seen it and thought the elephants name was? Thanks, Gary