Friday, April 09, 2010

1937 RBBB Route Book #4


Scan12790, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

2 comments:

Frank Ferrante said...

The route book shows The Wentzel Troup. I've only know Paul as a clown with RBBB in the mid to late 60's. Did his family have another act? (Cashin where are you when I need you!?) ~frank

Roger Smith said...

We see Maria Rasputin lost something in her billing here. Gumpertz brought her over to Hagenbeck-Wallace when Clyde Beatty departed The Gump's control of Ringling interests, to go out with the 1935 Cole show. He refused to sell any part of Beatty's 40-cat act to Adkins and Terrell, leaving Beatty to break his second Big Act over a short winter. Gump declared he'd star Maria Rasputin with SEVENTY cats and show Beatty up for good. As it happened Bert Nelson took the Beatty act for H-W. Bert later told me Maria was willing and gave it an honest go, but her star descended quickly when she couldn't work animals.