BearManor Media News — biography

Motion Picture of Emil Pallenberg, with his wife Catherine and one of his "Wonder Bears" in 1928

biography circus history peggy adler wonder bears

Motion Picture of Emil Pallenberg, with his wife Catherine and one of his "Wonder Bears"  in 1928

 https://youtu.be/zPjI1rSNRCc  An avid Charlie Chaplain fan, I learned when writing "Pallenberg Wonder Bears - From the Beginning" that Chaplin's last silent film was titled "The Circus". And so I bought the DVD to add it to my Chaplin collection. Needless to say, I invited my Wonder Bear book collaborator, Dibirma Jean Burnham and her husband over to watch it with me. Since the DVD included bonus features, after the movie was over we decided to watch the lengthy, 1928, silent newsreel footage of the movie's Los Angeles premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater -- soundless red carpet interviews and all. Well...

Read more →