50's Clown Candid
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50's Clown Candid
I found this International News Agency wire photo on eBay. And it occured to me that I have never seen Elvis with a clown or i.e. a person in a Halloween costume. I don't know if this photo is rare, but would you be so kind as to share any information, details. Maybe you even know who those clowns are. Were they famous in their own right?
As a bonus another wire picture. Fortunately it has informative text.
As a bonus another wire picture. Fortunately it has informative text.
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50s clown
... Dont have their names handy. It was Las Vegas, 1956.
Good print avaiable in my book Inside Loving You. Thank you.
Good print avaiable in my book Inside Loving You. Thank you.
It was taken in oct.'57
Elvis went backstage to meet with Marge and Gower Champion at the Sahara-Hotel in vegas...
The husband and wife dance team wore these festive costumes for their finale;
The Team were also top directors and choreographers...
on a tragic note... Gower died on the very opening night of prehaps his greatest triumph, the 1981 Broadway production of 42nd. Street..
the pic marks perhaps the first time Elvis was out-dressed in a photo.
Elvis went backstage to meet with Marge and Gower Champion at the Sahara-Hotel in vegas...
The husband and wife dance team wore these festive costumes for their finale;
The Team were also top directors and choreographers...
on a tragic note... Gower died on the very opening night of prehaps his greatest triumph, the 1981 Broadway production of 42nd. Street..
the pic marks perhaps the first time Elvis was out-dressed in a photo.
"I Don't Sound Like Nobody" Thats Because Nobody Sounds Like You !
"you remember that doncha?"
Later Elton ^j^
"you remember that doncha?"
Later Elton ^j^
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............ Yeah, great book GerTallhair AKA Ger Rijff wrote:
Good print avaiable in my book Inside Loving You. Thank you.
A recommended buy
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Re: 50's Clown Candid
Melanie wrote:I have never seen Elvis with a clown or i.e. a person in a Halloween costume.
October was a busy month for our hero, with several semi-controversial shows in SF and LA amongst the clowns.
Here's Elvis in costume, from designer Sy Devore's 1957 Halloween party, with actress Jeanne Carmen, dressed as a "squaw":
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.You can't even tell it's Elvis!
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That's a classic Ernest C. Withers image of Elvis with Rufus Thomas -- besides being a DJ, Rufus cut the 1953 SUN recording of "Tiger Man" that Presley so adored -- at the WDIA "Goodwill Revue," December 7, 1956.
Elvis did not perform that night, but the mostly black crowd roared their approval when he appeared on stage for a few minutes.
Elvis did not perform that night, but the mostly black crowd roared their approval when he appeared on stage for a few minutes.
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50s clown
... fantastic illustration, Elton, of the EP paintbox!!!
Look at the lay out, and handlettering of his name! It makes a
perfect 10 inch album cover. What a beauty! It makes one wish,
the70s designs - in general - never happened! Take notice,
deadringer...
Thanks, Elton! Where did you find it? ebay...?
Look at the lay out, and handlettering of his name! It makes a
perfect 10 inch album cover. What a beauty! It makes one wish,
the70s designs - in general - never happened! Take notice,
deadringer...
Thanks, Elton! Where did you find it? ebay...?