EMMETT KELLY SR. - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 1976 - HFSID 88910
Price: $500.00
EMMETT KELLY
B/w photograph shown as weary willy, full portrait, holding a
broom
Photograph signed: "Emmett/Kelly Sr./1976" in green ink. B/w,
8x10. Pictured as Weary Willie, the mournful clown who chased the elusive
spotlight and "cleaned" the ring with an old broom. Emmett Lee Kelly
(1898-1979) began his circus career, which spanned 55 years, after a
starting out as a cartoonist. First performing as a trapeze artist, he later
went into clowning, creating his most famous character, "Weary Willie", from
a cartoon character he had drawn years earlier. In 1942, Kelly joined the
Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus, where he would star until 1956
(one of his most famous routines was "sweeping the spotlight"). In 1957, he
joined the Shrine Circus and settled in Florida (Sarasota is the winter home of
the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus). Kelly, America's most
famous clown, continued appearing in commercials and performed in special shows
until he was 80. His son, Emmett Kelly, Jr. (1923-2006), followed successfully
in his father's footsteps and rivaled his fame, forming his own Emmett Kelly,
Jr. Circus in 1972. Fine condition.
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