Larry Kemble: Comedy Unicyclist 1940 PLUS Allan Kemble & Christine
Here’s something I’ve been digging into. From 1936-49, the BBC aired a TV series called Variety. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0402567/ From what I’ve
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The Salto Monocycle Track 1904
Wow! Check out this act from 1904! Sadly no video yet.It was called the Salto Monocycle Track. “This sensational act
Sensations of 1945 (film released in 1944): various circus skills including juggling, slackwire, teeterboard and unicycling.
This post is more for those of you who like old variety films. There's only a tiny bit of juggling
Les Mathurins: French, Comedy Acrobatic Duo 1957
Here are Les Mathurins, a comedy acrobatic duo from France, performing on the TV show, Sunday Night at the London
Lost films featuring acrobats, circus, clowns and jugglers by Siegmund Lubin 1900-1903
A few nights ago, I started looking through this list of films that were produced by Siegmund Lubin, in the
The Kellinos: Acrobatics and Icarian Games/ Risley Act 1910
Here are The Kellinos, an awesome acrobatic troupe who perform the art of Icarian Games (human foot juggling). If the
Alan Šulc: Bounce Juggler 2011
The description on this video translated as Alan Shultz but actually it's the fantastic, bounce juggler and tap dancer, Alan Šulc from
Barry Lappy: Trick Bicycle 1984
Here's a trick bicycle act by Barry Lappy, a circus artist from Hastings in the UK. His real name was
Ant Platas: Spanish Juggler 1990s
These two videos are great! I remember watching them years ago on Juggling TV. Here's the late, Spanish juggler, Ant
Trio Hoganas: Swedish Acrobats – “tooth line” 1950s to 1970s
So I've discovered the name of the act that Steve Rawlings posted yesterday. They were called Trio Hoganas and this
Chinese Circus Skills 1959
Not the best video quality but packed full of skills from 1959. Very little information is given so I don’t
Charles Elleano: High Wire Walker 1951
Here is the great, high wire walker, Charles Elleano, walking across the River Thames in London in 1951. He became
The Bertini circus family: Wire Walking and Unicycling 1962-2004
So I've spent much of the day, chatting on Messenger with family members related to the Hoffman jugglers (The Six
The Six Hoffmans/ The Six Willys: Club Juggling Troupe 1940s and 1950s
So I've been doing some research into a circus family called The Hoffman's. They performed at a variety of circuses
Luly Perezoff: Spanish Juggler 1950s and 1960s
OMG! It's amazing what can be found when you just type the person's stage name into YouTube. Here is the
Paul Berny: Tennis Racket Juggler 1933
Aside from a ten second clip I found on the YouTube channel, Circofrenia, here's a longer clip of the French