Monday, September 18, 2006

1972 Elephant Pictures #1 (Jimmy Cole)


We were hired by Charlie Germaine in 1972 (Miller-Johnson Circus) and Barbara came up with this wardrobe for the Anna May single act, the whip was only a prop but very well received when we showed the Califirnia Bay Area.
We drove from Ruskin, Florida to San Bernardino, California to open and upon arrival Mr. Germaine assembled the cast and company and announced that he had just sold the show. A bit of panic ensued until he added, "All contracts will be honored and it is now my pleasure to introduce you to the new owner, Mr. Clifford E. Vargas".
These first three pictures were taken with that show. Most dates were outdoors but on occasion we worked in buildings and Vargas even rented a Harold Barnes 150' tent from time to time.

Posted by Buckles at 9/18/2006 06:51:00 AM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Two questions...purely curiosity.
During an average season, could you venture a guess at how many marriage proposals Barbara received on a weekly basis?
Also, during the Bay area dates how many proposals did you get?

18 September, 2006 08:02
Anonymous said...

Barbara must have really been mad at you. Need more than coffee to see this. She looks better than usual "if possiable". You are, well, I love you anyway. Its the talent that counts.

18 September, 2006 08:20
Anonymous said...

Is there an error on the left side of the blog page? Or am I doing something wrong as usual? The left side does not compute.

18 September, 2006 11:18
Anonymous said...

Kim Baer said this is the wardrobe Barbara let her wear. Wow.

OFF SUBJECT: John Kellogg played Harry, the concessionaire, who helped Lyle Bettger wreck the train in the DeMille picture. Sunday (17), in the WEST magazine section of the Los Angeles TIMES, his daughter, Cheryl Kellogg Phillips, penned a very telling industry lesson about being the child of an actor, who later tried playing the role of father, and failed for lack of rehearsal. To read this, look for her title THE UNTOUCHABLE, at www.latimes.com/west. Kellogg died out here in LA, on February 22, 2000, of Alzheimer's. He was 84.

18 September, 2006 22:13

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