A Sea Dog’s Tale
A Sea Dog’s Tale (1926) starring Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Vernon Dent A Sea Dog’s Tale is a Mack Sennet comedy starring Billy Bevan, but […]
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Hoboken to Hollywood
Hoboken to Hollywood (1926) starring Billy Bevin, Vernon Dent Movie review of the silent film comedy “Hoboken to Hollywood” (1926) starring Billy Bevan, co-starring Vernon […]
Saturday Afternoon
Saturday Afternoon (1926) starring Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent Saturday Afternoon is a pleasant silent comedy, starring Harry Langdon as Harry Higgins, the ultimate in henpecked […]
Dusty’s Trail
Dusty’s Trail – starring Bob Denver, Forrest Tucker DVD review of Dusty’s Trail, starring Bob Denver, Forrest Tucker. An attempt to re-create Gilligan’s Island, set […]
Famous Clowns blog – March 2015
A collection of links of clown-related news across the world
Billy Baker
From the foothills of the Arkansas Ozarks, Billy Baker ran away from a college scholarship to join the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Clown College […]
Smiling is infectious
Smiling is infectious,You catch it like the flu,When someone smiled at me todayI started smiling too.
Umberto "Antonet" Guillaume (1872-1935)
Born in Brescia, Italy, Antonet was the son of a famous family of Italian clowns. He followed in Footit’s tradition as an “authoritarian” whiteface clown. […]
Jimmy “Happy” Williams (1942 – 2015)
Jimmy “Happy” Williams was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1961, he landed his first job in clowning when he was hired to perform at Mayfair […]
Bill "Boom-Boom" Baily (1917 – 1990)
Bill began clowning while still in high school. For over seven years he appeared in his tramp character on the Sealtest Big Top and Mark’s […]