Felix putting the finishing touches on his classic makeup in the 40s. A smile for the camera as he finishes in a different photo session (bu...

On the eve of the release of the book CLOWN ALLEY CBS radio's Don Swaim conducts a 21 minute radio interview with circus clown, writer, ...

Photos of clowns and showgirls are among the most successful promotional tools a circus can use. An appealing, professional clown shows that...

In the last week and a half FOUR people who's opinion I value greatly have separately taken me to task for NOT posting anything on Chuck...

Chuck in whiteface at Circus Sarasota.

The esteemed Mr. Sidlow both in and out of makeup.

I'm not EXACTLY sure what's going on in this picture. I think that it's supposed to be a gag where Chuck is threatening Knuckleh...

Chuck "back in the day" with Ringling.

Chuck in the ring with Circus Sarasota.

Chuck Sidlow and Circus Sarasota's "Ambassador of Goodwill" Jackie LeClaire, who sent me a very nice message the other day. Ja...

Photo courtesy of Mitch Freddes RINGED BY TRADITION Despite some changes over the years, the unique lifestyle binds circus performers to eac...

One of Paul Jung's greatest successes as a Producing Clown was his Army Gag, a fixture of postwar American circus clowning both on Ringl...

Two shots taken of Charlie Bell and Peanut from what appear to be the same Ringling photo session circa 1944. The top one is an autographed ...

Once Upon a Time In America...great herds of circus clowns roamed the countryside, performing together in groups, in their natural habitat o...

Happy Halloween from Jerry Bangs and the Alley!

A nod to the Grand Guignol for Halloween... Here is a photo of the Randow family (presumably before Gene Randow switched to tramp makeup and...

My new favorite picture of man-about-town Gene Lewis, steppin' out in all his sartorial spendor.

Photo courtesy of the Pfening Circus Archives Roy Barrett with an unidentified woman on the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in 1938. Dig that craaa...

Former Hodgini bareback rider Otto Griebling and former flyer Billy Ward with then current Leah Cohen in an undated photos from the 1960s.

I have to very sincerely thank my Clown College instructors Tom Dougherty and Jon Weiss and my new friend Mitch Freddes for one of the warme...