Sunday, October 25, 2015

Elephant Actors #12

"EX-Lax Commercial?"

Posted by Buckles at 10/25/2015 03:36:00 AM

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Unknown said...

Charlie the elephant and strongman/stuntman/actor Joe Bonomo in a still from the 1925 silent serial THE GREAT CIRCUS MYSTERY. In his autobiography THE STRONGMAN, Bonomo devotes a chapter to Charlie and his sad fate: while filming a big top fire sequence, the big top unexpectedly started to collapse, causing the hundreds of extras inside to panic and make a wild rush for the exits. In all the confusion, Charlie started running and accidentally killed someone who had been knocked down. Charlie had killed a handler earlier and, as a result of this accidental death, he was ordered to be executed. (Someone said that his skull is now on display in one of the Los Angeles museums.)

25 October, 2015 10:45

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