Saturday, November 17, 2018

THRILLER #12


Posted by Chic Silber at 11/17/2018 12:08:00 AM

2 comments:

Chic Silber said...


I wish I had a photo of a very high dive

from a hot air balloon that Joe Gerlach

an olympic diving champion did during

an outdoor version of Jimmy Harrington's

Gran Circo Panamericano in the ballpark

Estadio Hiram Bithorn befor the coliseum

was built next to it on Avenida Roosevelt

Joe defected from Poland after winning

his olympic gold to become a stunt man

out in California & partnered with balloon

owner Bill ?? to perform at Fairs as well

as at outdoor circus dates & events

Although the balloon was tethered it

still wandered in the breeze (scary)

Joe & I spent many of our days together

wandering in San Juan as on weekdays we

only had 1 evening performance at 8

17 November, 2018 10:37
Roger Smith said...

Puts me in mind of CARNIVAL STORY (RKO, 1954), in which Lyle Bettger (our Klaus) and Oscar-winner Anne Baxter did high diving, except their flames were from gas sloshed across the water, said to be 125 feet below. Excellent diving shots, achieved by Director Kurt Neumann, who helmed Clyde Beatty's first picture, Universal's THE BIG CAGE, 1933.

18 November, 2018 00:43

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