Here's a pic for you from the Rev. David Harris collection. I know that's Svend Cristensen with his back to the camera & I think it's Jimmy Troy on the left, but I don't know the elephants. |
Saturday, March 14, 2009
From Bill Strong #4
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I would guess that photo was taken during the filming of the movie "Ring of Fear" in 1954 (?). Beatty only wore that "western style" wardrobe for that movie...something about the white wardrobe not filming well in color.
I can't imagin why Svend Kristensen would be on the lot, he and Lili were with Ringling that year. Could be an off season visit?
The Ring of Fear movie is out on DVD, check Amazon.com.
Beatty also wore that wardrobe in "Perils of the Jungle" which was released mid-1953, so presumably shot earlier that year.
Although "Ring of Fear" wasn't released until mid 1954, at least some of it was shot in 1953. "Token" footage was shot on the road during the 1953 tour and then I think the main parts were made in Deming that winter after the new 1954 paint job was done on the wagons and new canvas was available.
There were some shots of Beatty taken on the lot in 1954 in this outfit. His son-in-law Bud Ferguson once told me he preferred it over the whites.
Jimmy,
I don't know if that can accurately be described as "western style" wardrobe. Unless you are an East Coast Cowboy. LOL
Wade Burck
Wade, I'm from Rhode Island... gimmee a break! Up until I was 17 the furthest west I ever went was Westerly, RI!
Jimmy,
I know where you are from. That's an East Coast Cowboy. Or Dude's as they are also known. LOL
Wade
Jane Beatty told me plans were once afoot to market this wardrobe to the kiddie market, like was done with licensed merchandising for Hopalong Cassidy and Roy Rogers stuff--shirts, hats, Clyde Beatty lunch pails, etc., to tie in with the release of RING OF FEAR. Someone told me he had a lunch pail, but I don't believe the clothing line was ever realized.
Wade,
In Ohio we referred to them as "drug store cowboys", if you wore western clothes & cowboy boots, you were considered a "hilligan", that's Ohio slang for "hillbilly".
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