Ventriloquist Canfield Smith
Quite a while ago I aquired a Marshall figure made for Canfield Smith from Philadelphia but I had no other information on this ventriloquist.
I am happy to say that Docterry McGrath happened on to the Ventriloquist Central web site and then sent in this little bit of information about Canfield.
Concerning Canfield Smith and his figure Snodgrass: My grandfather was Joseph A. McGrath, who with George Phillips made up Phillips and McGrath booking agents, out of Philadelphia. Cannie ( as Canfield was known by his friends) was a great friend of Pops (as my Grandfather was known) and frequently visited our home in Drexel Hill PA…I remember being afraid for Snodgrass when I was young….. Canfield and Snodgrass opened a “Pub” in 1947 called the Blue Room…I have a ’78 rpm recording sent to my Dad from opening night…as he was in Salina Kansas in the service at the time. Thanks for these refreshing memories…Docterry
Thanks, Docterry for sending me this information.
Click here to see the Frank Marshall figure used by ventriloquist Canfield Smith
Dan
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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com
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Canfield & Snodgrass listed with Elsie and Doris Waters and Semprini, as performing for a week commencing July 19th and again for a week August 30th 1954 on Llandudno Pier UK.