Circus Cameos #10

"Fay once told me a story that might bear repeating. The next year while being paid, Mrs. Antes presented him with a brown paper bag with the explanation that Mr. DeMille always gave awards to people who did outstanding work in his movies. In this case, three awards were presented, one to the guy who did the special effects for the train wreck, I forget the the second and Fay was the third. Later when he looked inside he found a beautifully inscribed medallion and $2,000 in one dollar bills. He never made it clear to me why the show would have to come up the the cash. That evening on the train after counting and recounting, he found that it was one dollar short." Buckles