Monday, August 20, 2007

Hoot Gibson and Concert Line-up


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Mr. Gibson in the white hat, who else?

Posted by Buckles at 8/20/2007 06:08:00 AM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Buckles; Can you identify the people in the photo? I would assume that your mother and some of the Roger girls are part of it and of course Texas Ted Lewis and Dorothy his daughter and maybe young son TP.Wonder how many out there even know what a concert line up was.

22 August, 2007 09:03
Buckles said...

Unfortunately there is no identification on the back of the photo but I'm sure it would include the Lewis's and maybe Boots Sallee.

22 August, 2007 09:10
Anonymous said...

The concert was also called the aftershow. It was a show in the in Big Top following the main show. An extra fee was charged and it was usually given in the center ring.

The acts were usually wild west acts that were not part of the main show.

23 August, 2007 14:14
Anonymous said...

Hoot Gibson' was born Edmund Richard Gibson on Aug 6, 1892 in Tekamah, Nebraska. His family moved to California when he was seven years old. As a teenager he worked with horses on a ranch, which led to competition on bucking broncos at area rodeos. Given the nickname "Hoot Owl" by co-workers, the name evolved to just "Hoot".

Gibson's career was temporarily interrupted with service in the United States Army during World War I. When the war ended, he returned to the rodeo business and became good friends with Art Acord, a fellow cowboy and movie actor. The two participated in summer rodeo then went back to Hollywood for the winter to do stunt work. For several years, Gibson had secondary film roles (primarily in Westerns) with stars such as Harry Carey. By 1921 the demand for cowboy pictures was so great that Gibson began receiving offers for leading roles. Some of these offers came from up-and-coming film director John Ford, with whom Gibson developed a lasting friendship and working relationship.

From the 1920s through the 1940s, Hoot Gibson was a major film attraction, ranking second only to Tom Mix as a western film box office draw.

In 1933, Hoot injured himself when he crashed his plane while racing cowboy star Ken Maynard in the National Air Races. Later, the two friends teamed up to make a series of low budget movies in the twilight of their careers. .

Gibson's years of substantial earnings did not see him through his retirement. He had squandered much of his income high living and poor investments.

By the 1950s, Gibson faced financial ruin, aided in part by costly medical bills from serious health problems. To get by and pay his bills, he earned money as a greeter at a Las Vegas casino. For a time, he worked in a carnival and took virtually any job his dwindling name value could obtain. He died on Aug 23, 1962.

23 August, 2007 14:28

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