Circus Queen and Tinker Bell

The Memoir of Tiny Kline

By: Tiny Kline, Janet M. Davis (Editor)

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Hardcover | 14 August 2008

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This engaging memoir follows the life and career of circus performer Tiny Kline (1891-1964) from the burlesque house to the circus tent, and on to Disneyland and the silver screen. While working for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Kline became well known for her signature "slide for life" stunt, an "iron jaw" act in which she slid to the ground while dangling from trapeze rigging by her teeth. Kline renewed her spectacular acrobatics at the age of seventy when she played Tinker Bell in the "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks show at Disneyland. In that same year, she also began writing her life story.

Extensively annotated by Janet M. Davis, this memoir documents twentieth-century changes in popular amusements, while providing fresh insight into circus personalities such as John Ringling, acrobat Lillian Leitzel, and big cat trainer Mabel Stark, as well as mainstream entertainers like Florenz Ziegfeld, John Philip Sousa, and others. Kline also provides intimate details about the daily machinations at the circus, including fascinating accounts of its sexual politics, racial dynamics, risky nature, and labor relations.

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''It was great fun reading Tiny Kline's fascinating and quirky insider account of the circus. I found myself getting wrapped up in her personal descriptions and in the vagaries that confronted her both in and out of the entertainment profession. Her insights are crucial in understanding several important transitions in circus history.'' Don B. Wilmeth, editor of The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre, 2nd edition ''Kline's fascinating story provides remarkably vivid descriptions of performers and well-known entertainment figures. Davis deftly places Tiny Kline's story amongst important questions about the role of popular amusements in class formation and Americanization of immigrant populations; about the meaning of bodily display and the exceptional body; and about early twentieth-century gender roles and transgressions.'' Joy S. Kasson, author of Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Author's Note	p. 33
Prologue	p. 35

The Bend in the Road	p. 41
As Mrs. Private Citizen, Viewing the Parade	p. 57
A Flight on Gossamer Wings	p. 62
In Pursuit of a Mirage to Yesterday	p. 75
A Tour behind the Platforms of Those Strange People	p. 86
Destiny Smiles, but Not on Shmoontsie	p. 99
A New Leaf, a New Life	p. 105
Where Caste Is Observed, According to Rank and Rating	p. 117
Equestrian Director Par Excellence	p. 143
The Awe-Inspiring Mr. John	p. 147
Calibrating for a Career	p. 150
Bareback: The Aristocrat of Circus Acts	p. 155
A Backdoor Glimpse of Supermen and Superwomen	p. 161
Elephants Are Like People	p. 172
Engineering the White City	p. 177
Finding the Lot-A Daily Headache	p. 187
On the Sunny Side	p. 189
Life under the Big Top: Private, Social, Competitive	p. 193
Finale of the Season	p. 196
Circus Experience Pays Off	p. 198
An Annual Season's Opening	p. 203
Leitzel, Queen of the Air-Of the Ground as Well	p. 208
Progress, Trends, and Customs Typical of Circus Folks	p. 214
On a Magic Carpet to a Land Fantastic	p. 221
Back to the Material World	p. 229
An Act Is Born	p. 234
Circus History Is Made: Merging "The Greatest Show on Earth" and "The World's Greatest Show," Thereafter to Be Known as "Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows"	p. 237
Pride versus Virtue	p. 246
Misery-Like Death-Knows No Class Distinction	p. 255
Fate Follows Her Course-Strange, Mysterious, Terrifying	p. 258

Sarasota-Last Stop	p. 271
An Elucidating Interlude	p. 288

The Circus, to Date (1948)	p. 293
Epilogue: The Show-The Public-Unto the End	p. 311
Superstitions	p. 313
Notes	p. 315
Index	p. 353
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