Wednesday, July 25, 2018

CLOWN PAPER #9


Posted by Chic Silber at 7/25/2018 01:15:00 AM

1 comments:

Roger Smith said...

Interesting the image @ Lower L depicting a man working lions. This might reflect the escaped animals shots in the train wreck sequence, since this film had no cat act.

Long ago, in a story I've never been able to confirm, I "heard" DeMille wanted Clyde Beatty for the film. But first of all, Beatty had quit Ringling-held interests at the close of Hagenbeck-Wallace's 1934, and had said he had no intention of ever returning. So there was that, but the story held that Beatty told DeMille he might give it thought if he got top star billing over the Paramount actors. ERIC BEHEIM might know if there is anything to this, or not. But DeMille, forgive me, demurred, and this story comes to Fade Out.

25 July, 2018 20:29

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