| Tim McCoy liked the circus life and performing under the big top. He toured briefly with the Sells-Floto Circus during 1935, and with the Ringling Brothers Circus for a couple seasons, circa 1936 and 1937. Around late 1937, McCoy began assembling his own Wild West Show. The 'Tim McCoy Wild West Show' opened at Soldier Field in Chicago in April, 1938 and folded about a month later after a performance in Washington D.C. In his book Tim McCoy Remembers the West (Doubleday, 1977), McCoy notes that his losses were about $300,000.00. |  |  (Courtesy of Fred D. Pfening, Jr.) |
 (Courtesy of Fred D. Pfening, Jr.)  (Courtesy of Fred D. Pfening, Jr.)  (Courtesy of Fred D. Pfening, Jr.) Above, the well costumed Tim McCoy in 1937 with the Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus |
 (Courtesy of Les Adams) | | As to the lawsuit between McCoy and William Pizor/Imperial, Tim won a judgement along with a cash settlement amounting to $37,000 (his contracted amount of $32,000 plus $5,000 in interest). On the left is a tradepaper blurb from November 10, 1939. The mention of February, 1926 is a typo --- should be 1936. Imperial Pictures disappeared a short time later. McCoy also became eligible again to do films but would find the going a bit tough due to his age and the impact of the new 'singing cowboy'. |