Sunday, June 07, 2020

MORE HANNEFORD


Posted by Chic Silber at 6/07/2020 09:38:00 PM

6 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Gertrude Zimmerman & Trude Johann

performed as the Luvas Sisters

07 June, 2020 22:13
Chic Silber said...


These German lasses 1st

came over to the Mills Show

in the early to mid 50s

That's Struppi on the left

08 June, 2020 09:35
Chic Silber said...


Many other performers that

went on to great careers

in the US of A also started

on Mills before moving on

08 June, 2020 09:37
Roger Smith said...

Mills had a more illustrious history than many recall. When they closed, Sid Kellner began his James Bros. Circus canvas seasons by buying the Mills top. It was on Uncle Sid's show that I worked the Jungleland Fighting Lions for the first time under a Big Top. It was also then that I rode my first elephant, when Buckles Woodcock brought Anna May for me to make a grand entrance.

08 June, 2020 22:12
Roger Smith said...

Some of us remember the chant of the Mills Bros. guy-out gang: "Break your back for Jake and Jack, and down stake it for Harry!"

08 June, 2020 22:14
Roger Smith said...

OFF SUBJECT--THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH film is running now on CBS All Access Movies. I just saw it again, and it's all there. I should know. I can recite the dialog along with the actors.

And many other films are on there, too, classic and newer. Worth checking out.

09 June, 2020 04:44

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