Tuesday, November 01, 2016

#9 Cat Acts


2 comments:

Bob Cline said...

This looks like Harriet Beatty. Any thoughts?

Roger Smith said...

This is Dolly Jacobs. When RBB sent "stupendous new features" from their interrupted season of '38 to the Barnes-Sells Floto combine, the Terrell Jacobs act was added, co-starring with the already present Mabel Stark, who worked 22 mixed tigers and lions. But Dolly's riding lion act was cut due to the length of the very expanded show.

Harriett Beatty worked the original Anna May, hosting the lion Simba, and the tigress Primba, on the platform on her back. Mrs. Beatty never worked cats on a horse.