Saturday, January 04, 2014

THE SALVADORIS: Hollywood Palace (January 4, 1964)


Courtesy of Raffaele de Ritis

First aired fifty years ago today on the very first episode of Hollywood Palace...




Sunday, December 29, 2013

AL MIACO: "The Greatest Living Clown (1880s)

Al Miaco on Ringling in 1915

Al Miaco billed as "The Greatest Living Clown" by Tony Denier in his production "Humpty Dumpty". Miaco followed Denier and George H. Adams in the title role as clown in one of the most popular, successful and critically acclaimed touring productions of "Humpty Dumpty" of the time.