Wednesday, January 02, 2019

CLYDE #5


Posted by Chic Silber at 1/02/2019 12:12:00 AM

3 comments:

Chic Silber said...


I guess these bentwood chairs

weren't always painted white

02 January, 2019 09:30
Roger Smith said...

This photo appears in a number of circus books. The lion is named as Nero, the one who tore Beatty up in 1932, bringing on the protracted "jungle fever" coverage that truly established his world-wide fame. It further led to his collaboration with Edward Anthony in writing his 1st book, THE BIG CAGE. Carl Laemmle snapped up the film rights for Universal Studios, and Beatty co-starred with 13-year-old Mickey Rooney, and Raymond Hatton. The formidable doors of Hollywood had opened, and the rest, as they say...

02 January, 2019 23:10
Bob Cline said...

The photo was one of many taken at the Peru winter quarters by the Lentz Bros. Photographers of Peru.

04 January, 2019 07:03

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