Sunday, August 13, 2006

Althoff's Circus 1937-38 #2


"Alfred Court was born in Marsielles. For generations his family had been one of the most respected in the town- Alfred's maternal grandfather was the Marquis de Clapier who during the revolution, sided with the popular party and ended by becoming a Depuy for Province under the First Empire."

No. 1- SELECTION BY THE BAND- Conductor: John Guy

No.2- TANDEM ACT
Two Ladies- Two Gents and Eight Horses in a Thrilling Ride.

No. 3- CHOCOLAT & COMPANY
Continental Clowns in a Musical Skit.

No. 4 & 5- LES CAROLIS
Graceful Pas-de-deux.
Pas-de-deux Parody.

Posted by Buckles at 8/13/2006 07:09:00 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

My family goes way back to the Austrian empire. Geradine Apponyi/Nagy. You became royality by beating tha crap out of your enemys and taking over their country. Blood had nothing to do with it except for who's blood you shed.Its funny to me that one ansester became the minister of education. That gene got lost to me somewhere along the line.

13 August, 2006 08:56
Anonymous said...

This actual picture was taken on Circus Knie when Schultz showed the act and Court only presented in the big towns. At the Agricultural Hall, Anton presented an identical mixed group in the matinees and Court presented it in the evening show on most days. This was one of twenty-two animal groups, usually consisting of 8 male lions, two tigers, three leopards, three polar bears, two Himalayan black bears, two great dane dogs and occasionally two hyenas or, some times, a single jaguar. The animal content varied from matinee to evening show. The bears always remained the same, but the tigers were different at every performance normally.

14 August, 2006 12:47

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