thecircusblog | May 6, 2012
Billie Richards and Trader Horne took over Jungleland in the mid 1950’s. The trainers and other performers stayed on so there was not much of a change. The changes that were made was in name recognition and in their advertisement, but mostly it was business as usual. Both men were good business men. They came […]
thecircusblog | May 6, 2012
As you can see here in the compound’s flyer, the World Jungle Compound featured an array of great wild animal trainers. Many of those trainers did a lot of studio work, adding to the income of the newly formed partnership. On another note, I believe it was Trader Horne that invented the little baby plastic […]
thecircusblog | May 6, 2012
Trader Horne is on the left and Billie Richards on the right. This photo taken at the World Jungle Compound. The following posts feature some of their movie production notes.
thecircusblog | May 6, 2012
These documents and many of the photos were given to me by Billie Richards nephew Jerry Osborne.
thecircusblog | May 6, 2012
thecircusblog | May 6, 2012
thecircusblog | May 6, 2012
This is what is known as a deal memo, made out before an actual contract.
thecircusblog | May 6, 2012
Finally, after some time and a lot of money the movie was made. For an unknown reason the picture was never released. The movie video version is now in the hands of Jerry Osborne, but the soundtrack is nowhere to be found. Why they were separated no one will ever know. I have been talking […]
thecircusblog | May 6, 2012
Billie Richards the little man was a big entrepreneur and he loved show business. No matter how hard Billie and Trader tried, the compound became too much for them. I do not know the date that The World Jungle Compound went back to Louis Goebel the founder of Jungleland, but the above-ground facilities were sold […]
