thecircusblog | August 30, 2009
1920-1985 Yul Brynner was the son of Boris Bryner, a Swiss-Russian engineer and inventor, and Marousia Blagovidova, the daughter of a Russian doctor. He was born in their home town of Vladivostok on July 11. 1920, and named Yuli, after his grandfather Jules Bryner. He attended the exclusive Lycee Moncelle school, but dropped out and […]
thecircusblog | August 30, 2009
This could be one of the strongest line up of motion picture actors ever assembled. What a great group of stars.Yul Brynner in his younger years was a circus performer, He did a trapeze act also was in a flying act. Photo source imdb/name/nmoooo989/bio
thecircusblog | August 30, 2009
A motion picture that most everyone has seen. It is one of my very favorite Yul Brynner motion pictures. photo source imdb.comname/nm/oooo989/bio
thecircusblog | August 30, 2009
Just when you think you have seen it all! Rudy Mueller was on the Siebrand circus for a short time I believe it was the season of 1950, Before him there were the Miller Elephants. The Siebrands …Pete and Hike both said a circus is not complete with out elephants….. I agree…. This photo was taken at Rudy’s […]
thecircusblog | August 30, 2009
ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT Rudy Mueller was like all good animal trainers. Do what people do not expect and be smart enough to take advantage of the animal’s natural instinct. One never sees a bad animal act….just a bad animal trainer.
thecircusblog | August 30, 2009
In 1953 on the 4th of July we played Butte, Montana. It was a pretty strong date for the show. In the far background of this photo can be seen the Anaconda copper mines and smelter which Butte is famous for, The copper mine was in full production and the town folks had money to spend. One of […]
thecircusblog | August 30, 2009
Ed Widaman, Zetta and baby Peuya. This is something elephants love to do….play in the water and if you let them, they would make a day of it. This is the very brook I wrote about in another post. This brook ran behind the lot we played in Butte, Montana. It was a little wider and […]
thecircusblog | August 30, 2009
This man was extraordinary. In this photo he is entertaining at a veteran’s hospital and he himself only has one leg. What an inspiration for those men. He too was a prefromer with the Siebrand Bros circus. Photo taken in 1951.
thecircusblog | August 30, 2009
Al took one of the children from the audience that were there to visit a relative who was a patient. It was quite impressive and of course the kid loved it. Entertaining the veterans and their families was an honor. I myself have done many hospital shows,and I bet those of you who are performers have […]
thecircusblog | August 28, 2009
I want to thank Joanne and PeeWee for this photo. I had posted a similar photo not long ago under the title Marhal. At the time of posting I had very little info on the act. The camels were owned by Hubert Castle and may have been trained by Bert Pettus according to Joanne Pinson.
