Tuesday, May 09, 2017

#16 Clyde Beatty


5 comments:

Buckles said...

Does the term "Sneeze Mob" ring a bell?

Roger Smith said...

It does, indeed.

Eric said...

Someone once said that Mr. Beatty never set foot on the Ringling show after he left it. But here he is with the Ringling inter-circle. (Perhaps he telling them about the time he saw "The Gump" reduced to counting pennies in the Steel Pier office.)

Roger Smith said...

Sharon Grimberg is producer-director for the upcoming circus documentary for the PBS series "American Experience". She's done her homework. In my interview with her, at The Ringling, in December, she wanted to talk about the Sneeze Mob, and knew the names of the anointed.

This 4-hour mini-series special is shaping up to be the best circus doc we'll see. PBS wants a time slot booked in about a year.

cindy herriott wells said...

I believe the people in that picture are Pat Valdo Clyde Beatty Rudy Bundy and Art concello