Pepito and Joanne
Pepito and Joanne
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.”
Ron Pesch, Samaroff & Sonia, and Pepito the Spanish Clown (2008)
Friday, December 5, 2008
Samaroff and Sonia onstage, circa 1929-1932, from Pepito and Joanne’s 16mm home movie collection.