By Melani Carty:

This was a first for me:  the first time my blog has been blogged upon by another blogger!  “An e-mail arrived the other day from Melani Carty with a subject line that immediately caught my attention. It said, "Samaroff and Sonia & Pepito the Clown."  I knew instantly the connection between the performers.  Within the body of the e-mail, Melani noted that she blogged on Pepito, and his wife, Joanne ... “  Read the rest of Ron Pesch’s blog article at http://actorscolony.blogspot.com/2008/12/samaroff-sonia-and-pepito-spanish-clown.html

Read more about Samaroff & Sonia, and Pepito the Spanish Clown, in my article “‘The Ballyhoo’ of Charlie Chaplin's ‘The Circus’ (1928)” at  http://www.cartychronicles.com/Pepito_and_Joanne/Blog/Entries/1928/1/31_Entry_1.html

Be sure to visit Ron Pesch’s fabulous website, “Actor’s Colony at Bluffton 1908-1938:  Buster Keaton and the Muskegon Connection” at http://www.actorscolony.com/  and read his blog at http://actorscolony.blogspot.com/

Ron Pesch’s detailed history of Samaroff and Sonia can be found at http://www.actorscolony.com/butowicks.htm and his touching blog series, “Samaroff and Sonia - A Love Story in Postcards” is at http://actorscolony.blogspot.com/2009/05/samaroff-and-sonia-love-story-in.html .

Ron Pesch

Donat Butowick and Ella Butowick, the vaudeville act billed as “Samaroff and Sonia.”