And this shot also appeared in Jane Beatty's juvenile book, DAVEY'S ADVENTURES WITH THE CLYDE BEATTY RAILROAD CIRCUS (Abelard-Schumann, 1965). The book was hurried into publication just before Beatty died, Jane told me, as a tribute to him.
Yes, Eddie was cast as "Loppy" in the book and the stills. He told me he got not a dime for his appearance, for making up Clyde, Jr., or for assisting with accuracy of the book for Mrs. Beatty. She asked him to alter his own makeup, and the one she chose was horrible. Eddie said he looked like a local TV clown, and he hated it.
I was there when this book was being done. While Mr. Beatty was still recovering from cancer surgery, in Billings Hospital, in Chicago, Mrs. Beatty and Clyde, Jr., were set to come to Park Ridge, Illinois, with the book's still photographer for a long day's shoot. The lot there was a showman's dream--level, firm, spacious, and covered with lush green grass. But they didn't make it until the next day, when we played Joliet. The lot was hot and windy, and the tall weeds we had to wade through imparted layers of dust on everyone, including Mrs. Beatty's elegant hose and shoes.
In a classic story of "You can't see me, but I was right over there", I was sending cats into the tunnel for the photographer, monitored by Mrs. Beatty as her husband's tunnel door man. But in the book, a 40-miler named Sonny is the guy in the photo, and my shot at immortality died at the hands of the photo editor.
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Colleen Alpaugh and the Beatty herd - 1950s
This photo graced the pages
of the Beatty souvinir book
for many years into the 60s
I believe that Sid was then lead
And this shot also appeared in Jane Beatty's juvenile book, DAVEY'S ADVENTURES WITH THE CLYDE BEATTY RAILROAD CIRCUS (Abelard-Schumann, 1965). The book was hurried into publication just before Beatty died, Jane told me, as a tribute to him.
Isn't there also a strangely
doctored photo of Eddie Dullem
with the caption "Lopey" or
something like that due to a
financial issue
Yes, Eddie was cast as "Loppy" in the book and the stills. He told me he got not a dime for his appearance, for making up Clyde, Jr., or for assisting with accuracy of the book for Mrs. Beatty. She asked him to alter his own makeup, and the one she chose was horrible. Eddie said he looked like a local TV clown, and he hated it.
I was there when this book was being done. While Mr. Beatty was still recovering from cancer surgery, in Billings Hospital, in Chicago, Mrs. Beatty and Clyde, Jr., were set to come to Park Ridge, Illinois, with the book's still photographer for a long day's shoot. The lot there was a showman's dream--level, firm, spacious, and covered with lush green grass. But they didn't make it until the next day, when we played Joliet. The lot was hot and windy, and the tall weeds we had to wade through imparted layers of dust on everyone, including Mrs. Beatty's elegant hose and shoes.
In a classic story of "You can't see me, but I was right over there", I was sending cats into the tunnel for the photographer, monitored by Mrs. Beatty as her husband's tunnel door man. But in the book, a 40-miler named Sonny is the guy in the photo, and my shot at immortality died at the hands of the photo editor.
Missing that opportunity of sorts
is nothig to ever regret as that
book was pretty punk & lame
What is a '40-miler' ? It is a term I don't know.
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