Monday, June 01, 2009

From Buckles #3


Scan11746, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

The Flying Hartzells

I noticed that the act is working from uprights. The tent looks to be a 120, possibly not enough clearance for a frame.

Posted by Buckles at 6/01/2009 04:40:00 AM

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Either that or they were setup for fair grounds and ballparks.
Bob Kitto

01 June, 2009 19:05
Little John said...

Looks like a very interesting passing leap to me. Cyril looks to be spinning up to the bar launched by his hands, makes me wonder if Jackie was cast for this trick because of his reach. You folks wrote the book on this but I’d ground support everything if possible, unless my guide wires were in the way of a long mount of course. This is another good photo shot because I see no hint of a net, and there certainty must have been one because I don’t think that Cyril made it back to the bar.

01 June, 2009 20:39
Ole Whitey said...

I've asked this on the blog before but got no response. My old boss on the Cristiani show, Elmer Kauffman, claimed that in youth he had been a member of a "casting act" in which members working some sort of rigging along these lines would drop to a tight net below and bounce back up into the rigging. Can anyone comment on this?

02 June, 2009 12:20
Bob Cline said...

Dave,
I've seen 8 mm movies of the casting act and a net return. I can't tell you who it was, but I have seen movies before. I'll bet Bill Strong would have a more historically accurate answer.
Bob

02 June, 2009 18:44
Frank Ferrante said...

This first time I ever saw an aerialist use the net to further the performance was back in the late 60's when Tito Gaona used the net at the end of the act to bounce up to a sitting position on the catcher's bar. No one did it better! ~frank

03 June, 2009 09:50
Little John said...

I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen the IMAX movie at CW in FL. I’d sit in the back of the theater with this cutie little hostess – remember her name Gary? – This was when I was suppose to be “meeting and greeting” the guests between shows. In the film Tito would dismount and pop up into the catchers trap. Then he’d do a lay back summersault, drop to the net and bounce back up to his butt on the trapeze. With the face and a smile that any showman would die for he’d milk the crowd relentlessly, this went on and on until Tito and the crowd were exhausted.

03 June, 2009 16:09
Little John said...

Also, I understand that Victor trained his family for a trampoline act; this would explain Tito’s rebounding art form from his tight net. As for presenting a trapeze acts, Mexican flyers demand respect. From the choreographed cape work before the act, to the tent popping height of their swing, the passion that these flyers bring to the show draws acts from backstage into the sightlines.

03 June, 2009 17:39

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