Monday, December 05, 2005

Spec wardrobe #2


This is the same costume as it appeared in Spec. The kids in front are Kenny and Mickey McDowell, in the shows story line Mickey first appeared as a ragamuffin with no money to see the circus, later being transformed into a circus performer by the Clown Angel.

Posted by Buckles at 12/05/2005 06:24:00 AM

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Headlines From the May 19,1956 Billboard----

AGVA Strike Folds Beatty;
Show Train Goes to Quarters

05 December, 2005 08:23
Anonymous said...

From the June 16,1956 Billboard---
Maley Unit Closes;
Joins King Eastern;
Cristiani Biz Up; Set for Canada Tour;
R-B Business Fair; In Bank-Roll Battle;
Von Bros. Wins Since May Bow;

05 December, 2005 08:30
Anonymous said...

From the June 23,1956 Billboard--

R-B Moves Slow, Business Strong;
King Bros. Halts In Connecticut;
Beatty Recites Woes; Talks With Concello;
The Miller-Woodcock Elephants, with the Bill Woodcocks in charge, played Chicago this week for Polk Bros. stores.
Rube Ray and his wife, Lotty, are back with Bill Green's animal farm at Fairlee, Vt.
Willow Grove Park, booked the Jimmy Cole Elephants.

05 December, 2005 08:40
Anonymous said...

From the June 30,1956 Billboard--

Court Orders Sale Of King Equipment;
Howard Y. Bary Joins Ringling;
Floyd King Joins Ringling Advance;
Ringling Draws Night Business;
Bill Woodcock visited Hagen Bros. Circus, while in the Chicago area.
Paul Kelly sent elephant and lion acts to Indianapolis for a date by Paul Miller and Dub Duggan.

05 December, 2005 08:52
Anonymous said...

Regarding Jim Elliott's interesting items: The Paul Kelly lion act could have been one the two created from Jules Jacot's act at St. Louis Zoo and sold to Kelly in January 1956. I think there where 15 lions and a tiger split into acts with all males and all females. Jules stayed with Paul for a while then went out to Jungleland in CA. He returned to the Zoo in 1962, replacing Dick McGraw.

05 December, 2005 09:03
Anonymous said...

There were four baby tigers at Paul and Dotties place when I was there in the early 60s. Four months old. The only time a cat ever scared me was these little guys stalking me in the arena. It was so weird that they were so young and just watching them watching me scared me something fierce. My baby lions never acted anything like the tigers.

10 December, 2005 19:44

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