Friday, October 03, 2008

From Paul Gutheil


Shrine Circus - DC- 1943 cover, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.


Buckles:
Was lucky to acquire, in near excellent condition, a copy of a Wash DC
1943 shrine
circus program at the CHS convention...Copy of cover attached.

It sure looks like caricatures of Laurel & Hardy on this cover and my
question is...was
there any particular relationship between L&H and the shriners and/or
circuses? I believe they
made only one circus related movie titled "The Chimp".

Any help from you or fellow bloggers is appreciated.
Paul

"As far as I know the only connection L&H had with the Shrine was a parody called "Sons of the Desert" a movie so well remembered that today, Sons of the Desert Clubs still exist."
Buckles

Posted by Buckles at 10/03/2008 06:19:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Honolulu baby where'd you get those eyes...." Ahh yes! Shame on me, we have Sons of The Desert on video & Dvd and I believe there are some Circus Fans who are members.

Just got a call from past CFA pres. Frank Robie who told me he's back in the hospital and they're running "all kinds of tests and ultra sounds."

Thanks, Paul

03 October, 2008 09:39
Anonymous said...

Uline Arena, renamed the Washington Coliseum in 1959, was an indoor arena in Washington, D.C., that held 7,000 people. It hosted the Basketball Association of America's Washington Capitols, coached by Red Auerbach, and the American Basketball Association's Washington Capitals. It was also the site of the first Beatles concert in the United States on February 11, 1964.

Uline Arena (aka Washington Coliseum) to Become Huge Starbucks
(August 24, 2007)

According to the Washington Business Journal, the Uline Ice Arena and the surrounding area may be the next frontier in development in the District. The arena, which is just north of Union Station and hosted the first Beatles concert in the U.S. in 1964, is being looked at by developer Douglas Jemal as the anchor for a new entertainment district along the lines of the popular East End/Verizon Center area.

From 1994 to 2003 it was used as a trash transfer station, and since then as an indoor parking lot. In November 2006 the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board added to its list of protected properties.

03 October, 2008 10:09
Chris Berry said...

I believe the Washington Coliseum date for the Beatles in 1964 was actually booked by local D.C. promoter Irvin Feld. Feld's "Greatest Show of Stars of 1957" played the Coliseum as part of its 80-day bus tour that summer which featured Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Paul Anka, Frankie Avalon, the Everly Bros and the Silhouettes. It was no doubt the success of that concert tour and the fact that Irvin Feld had used that very successful tour to establish connections at arenas from coast-to-coast that convinced John Ringling North to work with Feld on booking dates for Ringling-Barnum in the late 50s...including the Washington Coliseum. Ringling-Barnum began playing the DC Armory (adjacent to RFK Stadium) in the 1960s and following construction of the MCI Center (now Verizon Center) in 1997 began playing two venues in DC - both the Armory (a few miles east of the US Capitol) and the downtown MCI Center location. In addition, the circus usually plays a third Washington-area date each year at George Mason University's "Patriot Center" in suburban Virginia.

05 October, 2008 02:16

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