Friday, May 27, 2011

From Jerry Digney #3


HARRYDANN, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

HARRY DANN

Posted by Buckles at 5/27/2011 05:42:00 AM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Technically, this is quite an amazing photographic image if you think about it, as it was done all by hand using the old-fashioned cut & paste method. No computers around in those days! Wouldn't you agree Mr. Gutheil?
Neil Cockerline, Minneapolis

27 May, 2011 14:44
jerry digney said...

one of my favorite clowns--totallu underrated; impeccable make up, one of the all-time greats--what they called a "picture clown." Later announcer on Carson & Barnes. According to Verne Langdon's bio of Harry: In 1966 he signed with the under-canvas Carson Barnes Circus owned by D.R. and Isla Miller. In his final seasons with Carson-Barnes he set aside his popular clown character, explaining "too many wrinkles" made his celebrated makeup "no longer possible" to wear properly. He instead performed in the capacity of sideshow barker and circus ringmaster until the end of the 1970 season, the same year of his death. In rapidly-declining health, on December 29, 1970, he was rushed by ambulance from Carson and Barnes winter quarters in Hugo, Oklahoma to De Paul Hospital in St. Louis Missouri (a ten to twelve hour drive), where he expired the following day at age 48.

27 May, 2011 18:02
Anonymous said...

Mr Cockerline, I whole heartedly agree and I thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge with much less knowledgeable folks like yours truly.

Paul Gutheil


Jerry, thank you for sharing this albeit very sad info. every time I see a photo of Harry I have to smile and feel just a little bit better.

Paul Gutheil

28 May, 2011 00:25
Ron Henon said...

In the 1958 Cristiani Route Book, Harry Dann was pictured as an announcer. And he was.

Page 14

Of the four people pictured, I'm still alive.

Ron Henon

28 May, 2011 23:36

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