Posted By thecircusblog on December 4, 2008
The last time I saw Doug was in 1979 when I was managing Legend City Amusement Park and I went to visit the Shrine Circus. Hubert Castle had the date and Doug was on the show. We had a great time cutting up jack pots of years past. He and his wife had a fast and funny act. I spoke to him about doing a few weeks at the amusement park later that season, but the timing was bad and things did not work out. I never saw my friend again…. sometimes our business is cruel because it separates friends. Read Comment.
Category: Hubert Castle Circus |
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Tags: Charlie Chaplin, circus commedians
Posted By thecircusblog on December 4, 2008
Doug’s wife, Lady Ashton……..Her name verified SEE COMMENT BLOW..
Category: Hubert Castle Circus |
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Tags: Elephant walk
Posted By thecircusblog on December 3, 2008
Doug was funny on and off stage. His talent was old school and he knew all the gags. There was never a dull moment around him. He and his family came to the US from Australia. His brother Dingie was also a fine performer and a comedian.
Category: Hubert Castle Circus |
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Tags: Add new tag, Australia
Posted By thecircusblog on December 2, 2008
Fred Reid was Henry Bros. ringmaster for two seasons in the late 1970’s. He also was the Phoenix, AZ Circus Fans Representative and greeted every circus that came into town.
Category: Henry Bros. |
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Posted By thecircusblog on December 2, 2008
In this photo, Frank is demonstrating his skill with bull whips as Bernice holds the target. They also did rope spinning and were featured in many circuses and rodeos. They were a great couple. As I have said before, I learned many rope tricks from Frank Dean which I in turn put into my act on the rolling globe.
Category: 101 Wild West Show & Circus |
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Tags: Add new tag, trick ropers, Wild West
Posted By thecircusblog on December 2, 2008
I admired this woman and her animal training skills immensely. The way she moved in the arena around the tigers was sheer poetry. I saw her last performance at Jungleland, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Category: JungleLand Compound, The Big Cat Trainers |
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Tags: CA, Jungleland USA, Mabel Stark, Thousand Oaks, Tiger Trainer
Posted By thecircusblog on December 2, 2008
Oscar was a member of the Cristiani circus family from Italy. They were a circus family that performed numerous different acts and at one time owned and operated Cristiani Bros Circus.
Category: Cristiani Bros Circus, Elephants & Elephants Trainers |
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Tags: Shrine Circus
Posted By thecircusblog on December 2, 2008
Rudy Jacobe produced hundreds of outdoor circuses in city parks to baseball diamonds. He never owned a circus tent or any circus animals…but he was a great promoter & producer. Many great circus acts and circus owners got their start with Rudy.
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Posted By thecircusblog on December 1, 2008
Polly and Nolly. Nolly always had a smile on his face….in or out of make-up. They were a great pair. Read Comment from Darryl, also
Please read the comment from their son Paul.
Also thanks to Brian for his comment.
Category: Circus Clowns |
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Tags: clowns, face paint
Posted By thecircusblog on December 1, 2008
Tommy Bentley is one of the best known circus performers as well as a circus owners in the business. He has done so much to help so many in our circus profession.
Category: Bentley Bros Circus |
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Tags: dog acts, trained canines
