Friday, March 19, 2010

Ringling1950 Program #4

Posted by Buckles at 3/19/2010 06:21:00 AM

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Chic,
The 1951 program had the same people as listed in 1950.
John Murray Anderson left the show sometime during the 1951 tour.
The only other change was Angelo Nicholas (Count Nicholas) was the
Equestrian Director and Willie Kraus (sometimes David Murphy) was the vocalist. Harold Ronk only appeared in Madison Square Garden.
Robert Dover was also listed as Assistant to Mr. Valdo.
Dom Yodice

19 March, 2010 13:24
Chic Silber said...

Thanks Dom

By any chance do you remember

Bob Dover's real name as I have

forgotten it or what became of

him after I last saw him during

the DC "Circus America" date

that opened the Capitol Centre

19 March, 2010 15:31
Anonymous said...

Chic,
Bob Dover's real name was William (Billy) Rosenthal. If you go to the Circus Historical Society web site and click on discussion board that will take you to the search page. Enter Bob Dover and then scroll to question #680. There are several interesting facts about Bob Dover. Hope this helps.
Dom Yodice

19 March, 2010 23:24
Chic Silber said...

Thanks again Dom

I am surprised at some of the

incorrect information found there

There were no children from his

marriage to Antoinette and his

daughter was with his 2nd wife

who was later married to Mickey

Antalek (I forgot her name also)

His depression was intensified by

her attempts to deny him access

to the girl (that I do remember)

20 March, 2010 12:22
Jack Ryan said...

Chic,

The name you're looking for is Kveta.
First married to Bob, then to Mickey.

Jack

21 March, 2010 10:51
Chic Silber said...

Yes thanks Jack

I think Mickey died at a fairly

young age if I recall correctly

21 March, 2010 13:59
Jack Ryan said...

Chic,

The world works in mysterious ways.

Irvin Feld died in Venice, FL in September, 1984 of a brain hemorrhage at 66 years of age.

He had traveled to Venice to attend funeral services for Mickey Antalek who died a week earlier on tour in Peoria, IL.

Jack

21 March, 2010 21:53
Unknown said...

It's interesting to read that his depression was intensified by his attempts to see his daughter. I'm his great niece and my uncle has responded to several of these threads as well. His brother (my grandfather) committed suicide as well and our family has a strong history of mental illness. I found this thread in trying to find out more about his life and how his mental illness affected him.

20 December, 2016 16:56

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