Tuesday, July 03, 2018

SELLS & GRAY #5


5 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Although the corporate title

was 'Kit Circus Operating Co"

It was mostly known as an

"Acme" show in later years

Chic Silber said...


Managers that I knew were

Bill English whose wife

was Kit (hence the title)

& Wilson "Willie" Storey

Chic Silber said...


Looks like that louvered

vent was added later so

they had to repaint "GRAY"

in less space than before

Hence the offset layout

Roger Smith said...

Insiders told me that Sells & Gray could be counted on for convenient tax breaks, with Frank McClosky often telling Mr. Storey, "Willie, don't make any money this year."

Chic Silber said...


Willie also did most of the

act bookings for all 3 shows

He also did Jimmy Harrington's

"Gran Circo Panamericano" in

Puerto Rico that I worked on

for many years each spring

before the Beatty opening