When was the show title changed from Cole Bros. Clyde Beatty to Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. and why?
Monday, May 7, 2012
Cole Bros. and Clyde Beatty Circus
When was the show title changed from Cole Bros. Clyde Beatty to Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. and why?
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The Cole Bros. Circus was a start-up in 1935. Clyde Beatty was one of their feature presentations. He stayed with them for a couple years, losing out on paychecks as the show struggled.
In 1938, after not getting paid for a while, he took three elephants as back wages, Anna May ( Not Buckles ) Mary and Sidney. Beatty then went on to many different shows for a couple years eventually owning his own Clyde Beatty Circus by 1945.
In 1959, the Clyde Beatty Circus again combined wih the Cole Bros. title to remain as the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus until 2004 when Johnny Pugh dropped the Clyde Beatty title.
Bob
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