Friday, June 13, 2008

Ringling Circus Artists #1 (From Dom Yodice)


Chaludis, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Since there has been some interest in the Chaludis I have sent a Paramount Pictures photo from "The Greatest Show On Earth"showing the Chaludis doing their bicycle act at the end of the movie.
Incidentally, Dita Chaludi doing the headstand also doubled for Betty Hutton. She did the distant shots doing the headstand on the trapeze and also the chair balancing. Of course since she wasn't an aerialist she had a safety wire on which is evident when the chair slips and she falls (sideways I might add).
Dom Yodice

3 comments:

24-HOUR-MAN said...

Dom:
I have had several discussions with Dieter Tasso, & also a juggling fan,(Martin Dahm0of Germany), regarding what ever became of Helmuth Gunther, who balanced candle sticks & candles on his forehead. Do you have any photos of him??

Anonymous said...

This is for TheShaz:

Shannon: Recently several of us mentioned that the copy under the pictures was usually partially obscured and we had to cut and paste the entry elsewhere to read it all.

The Peterson and Cline entries above both appear in their entirety but this one is cut off- any ideas about what causes this?

Anonymous said...

24-hour-man:
I will check as I think I may have one photo of Helmuth Gunther. If I can find it I will send it to Buckles.
Dom