 EMMA Imported into Bridgeport Quarters Nov. 5, 1922 1923-45 Ringling-Barnum Circus 1946 Sarasota Quarters 1947 Sparks Circus (Leased from RBBB) (Sold during the winter of 1947-48 to Kelly-Miller Circus, along with "Jess", "Vic" and "Cross Country Babe" for $2,000 apiece. Two were almost immediately resold by the Millers for $4,000 each, "Emma" to the Compound and "Babe" to Curley Vernon (United Exposition Shows). Soon after, D.R. contacted Concello asking if they had any more elephants for sale and having herd of the recent transactions said, "No more free elephants for you Pal!") 1948-58 Jungleland 1958 Sold to Gran Circo Union.  |
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
From Buckles #1
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When I was in Calif. working with elephants on "Jupiters Darling" By chance I met Johnny Weismuller in the Culver Bar in Culver City. When I told him of working with George Emerson with elephants at MGM he became quite animated. At the time he was starring in the "Jungle Jim" TV series and told me that all day long on the set he had to keep yelling "Move up Emma Move up."
PS At the time he told me that he owned a piece of the Culver hotel right across the street from the bar and even took me to his private suite so I could call my latest girlfriend in New York. I recall that as he entered the bar a gave the "tarzan yell" he was well known to the regulars there.
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