Thursday, July 14, 2016

#6 This Show biz.....


Posted by Buckles at 7/14/2016 05:39:00 AM

1 comments:

Roger Smith said...

Jess Adkins, with astute partner Zack Terrell, over the winter of 1934--in the depths of the Great Depression--created "The Miracle Show", Cole Bros. and Clyde Beatty Circus. Seldom has any business venture been more dicey than fielding a circus. To think of creating a new one in such times was to bring Adkins and Terrell the derision and absolute scorn of showmen nationwide. But the money came across when the bankers saw the name Clyde Beatty on the contract. The entire operation was funded, and the partners came from South Houston to Rochester, Indiana, with choice purchases from George Christy. Beatty's Big Act was denied him by Ringling's Sam Gumpertz, so he had the arena and props duplicated, rounded up any and all lions and tigers, and opened not just for the Cole season, but for the early winter dates on his contract. He reassembled a second Big Act as the only man to do so, and the Miracle Show rolled into 1935 a solid winner.

14 July, 2016 16:58

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