From Dave Price #1

For Chris Berry Central did a lot of copying or borrowing. When Bert Nelson took over the Beatty act on Hagenbeck-Wallace, Erie litho took a pose of Beatty and made it into a litho for Nelson; then Central copied it for Seils-Sterling. Obviously they cut the plate from the Erie litho and of course it printed the design in reverse.

From Dave Price #2

Here's a more recent photo of Percilla

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Despite Nick’s warning, Matt and Mary secretly write to each other. Then, with the carnival about to open in Chicago, Matt slips away to visit Mary at the farm.

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While looking for Matt in the lion tent . . .

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. . . Nick gets a little too close to Caesar, a lion considered too dangerous to use in the act.

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Escaping with only the loss of the shoulder of his coat, Nick realizes how treacherous Caesar really is.

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Learning that Matt went to the farm to visit Mary, Nick drives there to confront them. In the ensuring angry argument . . .

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. . . Matt knocks him down.

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Returning to the carnival, Nick formulates a plan to permanently keep Matt away from Mary.

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When Matt returns for the big Chicago opening, Nick greets him cordially and tells him to forget their recent differences. He also convinces Matt to add a new finale to the act: working Caesar, who has recently gained notoriety by killing a member of the big cat crew.

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Nick sees to it that the new feature is duly promoted.

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On opening night, and just before the lion act is to go on, Nick unloads the blanks from Matt's gun to further reduce the young trainer’s chances of surviving the encounter with Caesar.

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First, Matt presents his regular act.

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[The music played for Matt’s lion act consists of two authentic old marches: “The Billboard March” by John N. Klohr, and “Houstrauser’s March” by Paris Chambers.]

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At the act’s conclusion, the lions are sent out of the steel arena . . .

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. . . and Caesar is let in.

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Almost immediately, Matt finds himself in trouble. [Is that Louis Roth doubling Eddie Albert?]

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Watching from the sidelines with Nick and Flo, Mary realizes that Matt is in real danger of being killed.

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With no blanks in his gun, Matt is unable to fend off Caesar’s relentless advance.

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In desperation, Mary pleads with Nick to save Matt.