Friday, November 27, 2009

Leitzel tent


Leitzel tent, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

When's the last time a center ring star garnered such an on-the-lot "crib"?

Buckles said...

Ernestine Baer once told me that her family, the Clarkes, were good friends of the Ringling family and when she went to the Ringling Show, she was surprised to discover that she had been given a private dressing tent.
She added that there was quite a of grumbling amongst the old guarde on the show over this accomodation.
Actually she was quite lonely with this arrangement but managed to talk Neets Deisler into moving in with her for company.
She added that on that dreadful day in 1944 they both stood on their wardrobe trunks and peering over the sidewall watched the fire coming over the top of the big top in their direction.