Sunday, November 18, 2012

Oh No!.....more MSG pix #12

Posted by Buckles at 11/18/2012 05:40:00 AM

3 comments:

Chic Silber said...


The original designs for "Barnum"

by David Mitchell called for the

flying horse Jupiter to ascend from

a central trap move downstage & fly

to the St James upper balcony with

Barnum & Jenny Lind astride

After the late great Pete Feller Sr

as technical supervisor brought in

a structural engineer to determine

the requirements it was decided to

scrap the whole idea due to cost

When the press asked about sequence

that had previously been hyped the

shows press agent (that will remain

nameless) said that the insurance

provider nixed the whole shebang

18 November, 2012 09:45
Roger Smith said...

I have been unable to expand the size of these photos--so I can't see who this is on the horse--but Mabel Stark did this act for John Ringling, who kept her on a ten-year contract even when he 86'd wild animal acts in 1925. He even sent her to Bertram Mills with it, to play the Olympia. Years before, on the Barnes show, she ascended on a platform with a lion, with fireworks going off around the edges. One time, some rigging hit Mabel's head, causing her to bleed. The props boys saw it, and lowered the platform, with the lion licking up Mabel's blood all the way down, after which he bounded harmlessly into his cage.

18 November, 2012 15:18
Roger Smith said...

OH--it says "Wotan". I read it as "Woman". So...this is Ms. Wotan, somebody?

18 November, 2012 15:21

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