Bozo's Circus

This is a promotional film made by Capitol Records to promote records starring "Bozo The Capitol Clown," the character created by Alan W. Livingston. This film would be sent to record and department stores in the early 1950s and played before the appearance of a live Bozo. For a full, detailed explanation of this film, find the book "The Bozo Chronicles" by Thomas Holbrook. The film was directed by Elmo Williams. The world premiere was in Hutchinson, Kansas on April 7, 1951. In the film, Bozo is initially played by Pinto Colvig who voiced the Bozo records (Colvig is probably most famous for voicing Goofy) but other actors play Bozo in different parts of the film. The many Bozo records on the Capitol Records label sold multi-millions of copies and helped give Capitol the money to sign artists like Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Judy Garland and eventually the Beatles. In 1956, Capitol records sold the rights to the character.