Thursday, September 03, 2015

Cat Acts #6


5 comments:

Dennis said...

Professor George Keller

Jim Alexander said...

Roman Proske

Roger Smith said...

It's Proske. This act can be seen in brief on YouTube It's a very short clip under 1940s Coney Island acts. It was a matter of luck that I found it, since Proske is not billed by name. In his day, he was respected as a tiger trainer, but here we see once again, our leading old-timers are considered just another nameless circus act.

Paul G said...

For those that may not be aware, Mr Proske's book, "Lions, Tigers, and Me" Is a great read. It came out sometime in the '50's or early '60's as I recall.

The Keller book, "Here Keller, Train This" is also good as I recall, but is hard to find.

Dennis said...

They both wore similar hats. Got me confused.