Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Blue Show 1970 #13


Ringling 100-29, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Professors of Pantomimic Phoolishness

9 comments:

Dick Flint said...

Is that Dougie Ashton and Prince Paul on the right?
Dick Flint
Baltimore

Anonymous said...

I see Dougie and Prince, there's Lazlo, Mark Anthony and that might be Dalton Dearborn in drag. Can anyone ID the rest?

That's Paul Jung's camera. Prince took very good care of it. I wonder where it went when Prince retired?

Pat Cashin

Anonymous said...

At first I thought that there was someone standing between Mark Anthony and Dalton Dearborn but I realize now that it's only a net that Mark is holding.

Which leaves only the photographer to be identified.

~P

Anonymous said...

That is Dougie and Prince. The rest look to be Mark Anthony, Lazlo, and possibly Zappata in drag?

-Greg DeSanto

Frank Ferrante said...

Definitely is Dougie. Such a funny, but sad man and one of the greatest wits I've ever met. Pretty sure the other is Price Paul, or Frankie Saludo ~frank

Buckles said...

Shouldn't the photographer have a long black dress that blends in with the hood?
Of course deciency demands that I dare not explain why!

Frank Ferrante said...

I was thinking Zapata in drag, but wasn't sure if he was on the show back in '70, I think he came a couple of years later. What a loss to die so young, so innovative - definitely did not fit the Clown College mold. His grandfather was also a clown on the show in the early 60's. Brother Henry is traveling with Circus Sarasota right now.

Buckles said...

How stupid of me!
While the photographer is positioning his subjects an inquisitive passer by, in a black gown, decides to peek under the hood.
A little too risque for Mr. Feld I suppose.

Chic Silber said...

After he left the show Dalton

returned to stage acting and

in the late 70s he was in the

1st National tour of "Dracula"

So far I have worked on 38

different productions of that

show including 2 musicals

I have a couple of the foam

carvings of Mark's that he

used to cut from foam scraps

I gave him with scissors

Chic