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14 comments:
I believe it's Arnold Maley then
Lucio Cristiani & Floyd King but
no idea about the lady
Did the partnership include the
entire Cristiani family or just
a few of them
That's Lucio's wife June and all the rest as well plus Mama and Papa.
While visiting on Beatty Cole many years ago I got to know Hans Ruwill and he told me about Maley chewing on him about missing out on the walk away money.
Floyd King was a for some other circus a master router as he knew where the money was to be made.
Didn't he call everyone son.
Harry in Texas
I built a set of plate spinning
props for Hans Ruwill back then
Wasn't his primary act a cradle
with his wife Sigrid Harry
I believe Floyd King was General
Agent for the 3 Acme shows in the
early 60s
Chic,
I remember Hans doing his plate spinning act.
Floyd when he was in his 80's booked all three Acme shows and Art Miller must have taken over when Floyd passed on.
I have Art Millers business card that said representing the big 3 Beatty Cole, King, and Sells Gray.
Floyd would say take a little off the top.
Harry in Texas
Mr. Maley was treasurer[yes] and later he and floyd woulod partner btogether after the split between floyd and cristianis. Maley had been treasurer in that combine and had gathered a sizeable amont of money plus getting various investors. Now previously Floyd, Maley, Frank Orman,and Clyde eatty had all been associated wthe the American Circus Corporation and were quite aware of each other.That would speak for itself in the future.
Floyd did have a complete tent circus prior to his association with cristiani and that would still be the case. Cristiani added four more elephants. circus acts and people[mostly performers] and probaly some front money so when they split there was little of actual equipent to disperse. But during their time together it was beneficial until each side felt financial changes for their advantage and it had run its course.
Nobody (& I do mean nobody) was
more astute at making change at
a ticket window than Arnold Maley
I could watch with fascination
from a distance with amazement
Art Miller was just a lot-license booking agent not up to setting phone rooms, UPCs, etc. So McKlosky and co-horts brought in to replace Floyd a young guy broke in by Show operator Howard Suesz named Joe McMahon who took over and ran a trmendous Boiler Room operations for three circuses they operated all doing one day stands.
Hi John,
Nora and I had lunch with Donna McMahon last week and she told us about the unimaginable amount of logistics that Joe dealt with in managing the promotions.
He spent his days in the pay phones throughout the country.
Back then it was all done without lap tops or cell phones.
I cannot remember the last time I saw a pay phone. But I do remember when they were 10 cents.
To John Herriott: Was a purchase price ever revealed on how much Arnold Maley paid to buy into King Bros Circus as a partner? I lived in Macon at the time...and Bill Bailey, a prominent Maconite, who owned Bailey Auto Parts was an Angel for the King Show. I was a customer of Bailey Auto Parts through my employer at the time. The son-in-law of Mr. Bailey worked the counter and the mere mention of the name King Bros Circus sent him into a tailspin. He implied that Mr. Bailey had invested heavily in the King Circus and lost it all. Thanks Charles Hanson
To John Herriott: Was a purchase price ever revealed on how much Arnold Maley paid to buy into King Bros Circus as a partner? I lived in Macon at the time...and Bill Bailey, a prominent Maconite, who owned Bailey Auto Parts was an Angel for the King Show. I was a customer of Bailey Auto Parts through my employer at the time. The son-in-law of Mr. Bailey worked the counter and the mere mention of the name King Bros Circus sent him into a tailspin. He implied that Mr. Bailey had invested heavily in the King Circus and lost it all. Thanks Charles Hanson
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