Not going to disagree with anything you say there.
I’m going to post a little bit about his “impoverished “background.
I doubt that he was a poor orphan as the story suggests.
He was born into travelling Showpeople. Think Barnum and his collective.
Not gypsys, or tinkers. They are a distinct group of closeknit people who trace their origins back centuries. They have their own subset slang of English.
They travel from town to town and have rights to perform in each town laid down over centuries.
Many have become fantastically wealthy putting on the show and their descendants have moved on and up through society.
In WW11 they worked with the govt moving materials for the war effort.
If there is money to be made they are in on the deal.
Former PM of the U.K. John Major ( now a consultant to Carlyle Group) is the son of a showman.
They are highly involved in Freemasonry and many are involved in lodges that are exclusive to them.
You may find that many of the original settlers of Hollywood came out of this group and vaudeville in Victorian England to establish the studios.
Not going to disagree with anything you say there.
I’m going to post a little bit about his “impoverished “background.
I doubt that he was a poor orphan as the story suggests.
He was born into travelling Showpeople. Think Barnum and his collective.
Not gypsys, or tinkers. They are a distinct group of closeknit people who trace their origins back centuries. They have their own subset slang of English.
They travel from town to town and have rights to perform in each town laid down over centuries.
Many have become fantastically wealthy putting on the show and their descendants have moved on and up through society.
In WW11 they worked with the govt moving materials for the war effort.
If there is money to be made they are in on the deal.
Former PM of the U.K. John Major ( now a consultant to Carlyle Group) is the son of a showman.
They are highly involved in Freemasonry and many are involved in lodges that are exclusive to them.
You may find that many of the original settlers of Hollywood came out of this group and vaudeville in Victorian England to establish the studios.