Year

1950 (circa)

Video Details

14:30; color; sound; V-15 CA111; S. 828

Description

This film shows the complex of buildings in Sarasota that includes the Ringling Art Museum, Asolo Theater, Museum of the Circus and the Ringling Home. Viewers also see the Players Community Theater; Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra; Sarasota Concert Band; local schools; Sarasota High School; Sailor Circus; Ringling Brothers Circus; Emmett Kelly; artists Ben Stahl, Thornton Outes and Sid Solomon; author John D. McDonald and historian Arnold Toynbee. The film also shows outdoor recreation. Produced by Leroy Crooks; sponsored by Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce.

Contributors

Leroy Crooks
Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce

Corporate Subject

Asolo Theater (Sarasota, Fla.)
Circus Hall of Fame (Sarasota, Fla.)
Ringling Art Museum (Sarasota, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Sarasota

Personal Subject

Kelly, Emmett, 1898-1979
McDonald, John D.
Outes, Thornton
Solomon, Sid
Stahl, Ben
Toynbee, Arnold

Subject

Amusement parks
Artists
Attractions
Bands
Circuses
Museums
Orchestras
Recreation
Theater