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Burt Lancaster (1913-1994) abandoned bis studies to become a trapeze acrobat in a circus - it was a precious experience for bis role in thè film Trapeze. Soon he leaves the circus and becomes a lingerie salesman in a general store. His biographers Claim that he was discovered in an elevator by Hollywood film agent Harold Hecht, who mistookhimfor another actor and invited him to an audition, Lancaster was oneof the first Hollywood actors who founded his own production house. He produced the film Trapeze. A circus is like a mother in whom one can con fide and who rewards and punishes. Burt Lancaster Saturday, September 29 20:00 BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO Directed by: Charles Walters Screenplay: Sidney Sheldon, based on the novel by Ben Hecht and Charles Mac Arthur Cast; Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye, Dean Jagger Production: SAD, MGM Duration: 103 minutes, color, 1962 Charles Walters (1911-1982) actor, dancer, choreographer and director, began his movie career in MGM as a choreographer [Me et Me in St. Louis, Ziegfeid Follies), and in 1947 he begins to direct and joins the famous Hollywood musical directors Vincente Minnelii and Stanley Donen. Among others, he directed the movies Uli and High Society. The critics of the film Billy Rose's Jumbo wrote that the best role was not created by the famous actors Doris Day and Jimmy Durante, but Jumbo, the elephant. Doris von Kappelhoff, or Doris Day -artistic alias taken from the song Day by Day that made her famous-did not have iuckin her life. She wanted tobe a ballet dancer, but was prevented by a car accident. She spent a year in thè hospital. She replaced dance with singing, began working on radio and in clubs and soon became famous. She entered film suddenly: in 1948 at the last minute she replaced Betty Hutton and thè audience loved her from the beginning. She was married three times. After the death of herthird husband shefound out that he and his lawyer had robbed her - her bankaccount was empty. Doris Day always acted young innocent glrls, and that is why Groucho Marx (some say it was Oscar Levant) said: I knew Doris Day befare she was a Virgin. Sunday, September 30 17:30 CLOWN IS IN TOWN (V GORODE KLOUN) Directed by: Lia Derbysheva Documentary film about the down Oleg Popov Production; USSR Duration: 30 minutes, color, 1966 Oleg Konstatinovitch Popov's (1930) role models were, before all, Charlie Chaplin and German actor Heinz Rühmann {GoodSaldierSchweik). Their warmth inspired his down character. Popov is a classic"reprise down", whose role is to entertain thè audience with something reallyfunny, in the short interval between two circus numbers. "Reprise - according to Chaplin - ¡Stelling a short story", says Popov. "I get my ideas from real life". "His humor is naive, mellow, and dreamy; he doesn't know about malice and evil. We used to believe that clowns must yeil, act insanely, use strong effects, burst with jokes. And with Popov we see humor that makes immediate connection with thè audience". (Pantomime performer Marcel Marceau about Popov) FREAKS Directed by:Tod Browning Screenplay: Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon Based on the novel Spurs byTod Robbins Cast; Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Leila Hyams, Roscoe Ates Production: USA, MGM Duration: 60 minutes black and white 1932