| QUEER AND QUAINT Footage of various circus stars including Jack Earle who is over eight feet tall. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7294 |
| Catalog #: | 505653 | |
| Clip Number: | 505653-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 42 | |
| Timecode: | 01:05:55 - 01:08:10 | |
| Location: | Olympia, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT: Clowns & Mimes ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London UNIQUE PEOPLE: Large and/or Tall UNIQUE PEOPLE: Little People | |
| Description: | QUEER AND QUAINT - Filmed at Olympia, London. "Meet Jack Earle (a 24-year-old trifle of 8'6 1/2') and a few Russian Lilliputian friends..." M/S of very tall man wearing cowboy hat. He picks up a little girl and sits her on his right hand. Little people are seen walking underneath Earle. "Was there ever a quainter figure than a Clown ?" M/S's of man dressed as clown he cracks a number of jokes whilst at the same time spinning a hat on a stick with one hand. "Things are always "looking up" to "Sloan" the long legged lad. L/S's of man on very high stilts (he appears almost as tall as a nearby building !). He is wearing a top-hat and sings a rhythm to the people below. | |
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