"There's no Business like Show Business". This is an opportunity to share and present Circus History with others.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Barnum
This 1986 movie that featured Burt Lancaster as the iconic, P.T. Barnum, also gave credit to the Ringling / Barnum show for resources used during the filming.
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Hal Guyon
said...
Tommy Hannerford played the Ringmaster and a lot of the acts in the film were from Royal Hannerford Circus. I remember talking to Tommy about this, he really enjoyed doing it.
I performed from 1973 to 1995 with a couple years off in between. I did an aerial cradle act for three years, low wire as a clown, trained llamas, ponies, then lions and tigers for 15 years. I am now a firefighter, a member of the Circus Historical Society and an author of several circus and carnival related subjects.
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Tommy Hannerford played the Ringmaster and a lot of the acts in the film were from Royal Hannerford Circus. I remember talking to Tommy about this, he really enjoyed doing it.
There was another version a few years later with Beau Bridges.
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