There's no doubt about it: The Thomas family was a showbiz family. My Grandfather collected jokes, tricks, riddles - showing us a "saved finger" in a little white box through which unbeknownst to us, he had put in his finger through a little hole or sending a pair of false teeth clacking away across the dining room table. Grandmother and her love of the movies; Barbara who never was not a dancer or sports enthusiast; Joan who sang, played the piano and wanted to organize shows and productions at the schools where she taught; Percy Jr, as he was then called, who once wanted to become the very best Magician in the world, collected Tom Mix cereal premium rings and was always entertaining us with jokes and tricks. In spite of all this, my Mother does not recall anything about Henry Klutho film studios just west on 9th Street.