Saturday, October 09, 2010

George Brinton Beal #4


Scan13168, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

RBBB 1944

Dom Yodice might let us know if Mr. Beal has the right year.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Buckles,
I am pretty sure that these were the elephants for the "Panto's Paradise" spec in 1944.
To be sure I will search through my photos and see what I can find.
Dom

Anonymous said...

My memory is not that great, but in my mind I remember Pantos Paradise with all pink elephant blankets and clouds and lot of pink ostrich plumes. It was a dream sequence where Willie Krause went into the center ring dressed like Emmett Kelly and fell asleep on the ring curb and the spec was all a dream. On the pay off float, the real Emmet Kenny arrived, all surronded by beautiful girls in pink and plumes. These elephants shown might have been in another section of the spec. I have photos here, but way down in a Taylor trunk. Jackie LeClaire

Anonymous said...

Kenny Dodd researched from film he has of the 1944 show taken in Akron, Ohio the first outdoor date after the fire, and those zebra stiped elephants were in that spec. Jackie LeClaire

Anonymous said...

By the way, Kenny says that the pink Panto's Paradise float was pulled by 12 elephants, a line of 6side by side. Being pulled by the big float was a smaller pink cloud with Emmett Kelly sitting in it after full filling his dream Jackie LeClaire

Buckles said...

I am very cross with Kenny Dodd.
He blatantly refuses to enter the 21st Century.
Being a slave to a machine isn't all that bad.
If nothing else, he should at least share more of pictures thru Jackie.

Chic Silber said...

Although he sincerely regrets

that you are cross with him

Kenny (& Petey Kinosh another

friend) will remain computer

celibate as long as possible

It seems he has more than

enough friends to keep him

up to date on events & gossip