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...French Circus...
...city sidewalks and budding trees. Most of the time her subjects become misty almost phosphorescent fantasies. Sometimes sne turns sharply realistic and does a meticulous study of a battered window shade or a pair of old shoes. One of her best: Emmett Kelly, a sympathetic portrait of the sadeyed circus clown...
Henry Cross was a plump man who wore rimless spectacles, a chesterfield and a walrus mustache. He was also mighty adventurous. Born in upper New York State in 1837, he twice ran away with circuses, and at 16 made his way to Paris, where he learned animal painting from Rosa Bonheur. On his return, he went west with a circus, painting the animals and developing an interest in Indian life. Later he decorated circus wagons for P. T. Barnum, finally decided his life was too tame and set forth in search of savages...
...show originally won a spectacular Nielson rating: but has since slipped behind ABC's rival Super Circus, a children's program with no discernible cultural level. But Omnibus has scored remarkably well with advertisers. Last week Scott Paper Co. joined four other sponsors (Willys-Overland Motors, Greyhound Corp., Remington Rand and American Car & Foundry Co.) to make the show completely selfsupporting. This means that Robert Saudek can now use most of the $2,000,000 to produce another culture-flavored series for the approval of the nation's viewers...
...Circus Hour (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC). With Joe E. Brown, Dolores Gray...