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| | Ben Turpin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Delighted with his success, he took to introducing himself with the phrase, "I'm Ben Turpin; I make three thousand dollars a week." One of his sight gags was a backwards tumble he called the "108". | | | New York Times; July 02, 1940; "Hollywood, California, July 1, 1940 (AP) Ben Turpin, the funny little man with the crossed eyes who always maintained that he could do a "108" better than any one else, died today. | | | "The Shriek" for 'The Sheik' -- and Turpin became one of film's most popular comics. |
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| | Turpin was in an automobile accident several years ago and was injured in such a way she has not been able to hear a sound since that tragic day. | | | The box office receipts prove the Turpin attraction brought in more money than any other similar entertainment in the history of the Windy City. | | | Gee, I want to see some shows, too. |
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| | Ben Turpin - An Eye for An Eye |
| | Ben Turpin - An Eye for An Eye | | | Sections for Ben Turpin - An Eye for An Eye | | | For Ben Turpin - An Eye for An Eye |
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| | Turpin was the son of a New Orleans candy store owner who had varying degrees of success, the family moved around the country settling for a while in New York. | | | Essanay in Chicago as early as 1907 where he was hired as a utility comedian and studio janitor. | | | Ben Turpin was a supremely outlandish figure: undersized, stringy, acrobatic, his whole being seeming to revolve around a huge, mobile and expressive adam's-apple. |
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| | Ben Turpin |
| | While looking for better vistas, so to speak, Turpin signed with Vogue in 1916. | | | Then he signed with Essanay and began performing in Chicago. | | | With Vogue, Turpin was a "big fish in a little pond;" he was very successful in a small company. |
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http://www.hollywoodmania.com/turpin/turpin.html
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| | Ben Turpin |
| | It was there that the famous comedian of the roving eyes, decided that he might screen in such a way as to create laughter. | | | He grew to manhood surrounded by the atmosphere of the stage, and began an active theatrical career in burlesque, playing with Sam T. Jacks Company, in Chicago. | | | BEN TURPIN was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 19th., 1874, and received an elementary education in that city. |
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http://silentladies.com/BTurpin.html
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| | You're just a click away from Ben Turpin Central. |
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| | 1907: Hollywood by the Lake |
| | It was 1907 and Chicago had 116 nickelodeons, 18 10-cent vaudeville houses and 19 penny arcades, all exhibiting the fledgling movie art form. | | | And Chicago, for a brief time, was to become the Silicon Valley of the new motion picture world. | | | Cross-eyed comedian Ben Turpin was Essanay's first star. |
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| | MRC FilmFinder-Full Record: Mack Sennett comedies |
| | · Pride of Pikeville, (1927), with Ben Turpin, Andy Clyde and Vernon Dent. | | | Included in this two volume set: · The Eyes Have It (1928), with Ben Turpin, Georgia O'Dell, Helen Gilmore and Jack Lipson. | | | "Ben Turpin can't help but split your sides with laughter. |
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http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/films/full.php?film_id=7257
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| | AMCTV.com SHOW - Saps at Sea |
| | Comic highlights include a mixed-up apartment where appliances have been installed by a cross-eyed plumber (comic actor Ben Turpin), and the meal of shipboard odds and ends Stan and Ollie produce for their captor. | | | Richard Cramer, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Walter Lawrence, Ben Turpin | | | AMC Movie Camp: Make a movie in a week! |
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http://www.amctv.com/show/detail?CID=4517-1-1
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| | GOLDEN AGE AUTOGRAPHS: Ben Turpin |
| | Scarce, hilarious photo, with Turpin's famous crossed eyes well in evidence. | | | Boldly inscribed in black fountain pen over his printed signature, "To my friend/S.L. Fink/Ben Turpin/6/24/27-" Fine condition, with light bends to three corners, not detracting from the overall appearance of the photo. |
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http://www.goldenageautographs.com/vintage/turpin.html
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| | Laurel and Hardy in SAPS AT SEA |
| | There's also an exploding stove gag reminiscent of the one in BLOCK-HEADS, and a slapstick closing with Ollie dangling from a window that hearkens back to a similar moment in County Hospital. | | | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Rychard Cramer, James Finlayson, Eddie Conrad, Robert McKenzie, Harry Bernard, Charlie Hall, Ben Turpin. | | | On the plus side, their domestic life is charmingly twisted, with the cross-eyed building janitor (Ben Turpin) providing tenants with refrigerators that play music and radios that require defrosting. |
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http://www.laurelandhardycentral.com/saps.htm
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| | The DVD Journal Reviews : Slapstick Encyclopedia |
| | Best known for slapstick (the "breaking-up-a-household-of-furniture-and-chase-through-the-street" type, as one critic dubbed it), Essanay's first big star was Ben Turpin, who for a few years did for crossed eyes what Chaplin later did for oversized shoes. | | | When people would stare at him on the Edendale trolley that he rode to and from his work at the studio, he would point to his eyes and say: "Ben Turpin! | | | In the wackiest scene, Turpin dreams about a bevy of snowball-throwing Sennett Bathing Beauties who emerge from igloos and frolic in the frozen wasteland. |
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http://www.dvdjournal.com/reviews/s/slapstickencyclopedia.shtml
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| | BEN TURPIN: KEYSTONE COMEDIES (1917-1926-USA) |
| | Ben finds himself comically mixing with the showgirl, her fellow Hotsey Totsey dancers and the lecherous owner of the theater in which they appear. | | | This film also offers a fascinating depiction of a television set, circa 1924. | | | As an April Fools joke on his wife, a prominent auto salesman sends a crate to his house with Ben inside! |
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| | Essanay Studios - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was a motion picture studio founded in Chicago, Illinois by George K. Spoor and Broncho Billy Anderson under the name Essanay ("S and A"). | | | It produced silent films with such stars as Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson and Charlie Chaplin. | | | Allan Dwan was hired by Essanay Studios as a screenwriter and went on to be a famous Hollywood Director. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essanay_Studios
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| | MTV Movies Ben Turpin Biography |
| | Though he turned out fewer films than Sennett's other top comedians, Turpin rapidly became the studio's most popular star. | | | In addition to headlining such 2-reel gems as The Daredevil (1924), he was starred in several Sennett features, including A Small Town Idol (1921) and the legendary Rudolph Valentino spoof The Shriek of Araby (1923). | | | In his twilight years, Ben was far too wealthy to care that the parade had passed him by; in his heyday, he'd made $3000 a week (a fact that he enjoyed trumpeting to complete strangers on the street), and what he didn't squirrel away in banks he wisely invested in real estate and property. |
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http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/63553/bio.jhtml
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| | Images - Slapstick Encyclopedia |
| | Looking much like Groucho Marx, with his painted-on mustache and a wandering eye, Turpin tries to kiss and hug every woman he meets. | | | The comedies on this volume date all the way back to 1909, when Ben Turpin starred in "Mr. | | | Ben Turpin stars in the 1909 comedy "Mr. |
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| | IDLE EYES 16MM |
| | He next tries to steal food from a man sitting on a park bench, leading to the latter getting dunked in the lake. | | | Then we learn that Ben is the heir to a big estate, and a number of people try to get him to share all his good fortune. | | | While trying to escape them, he lands a job in a beauty shop, where he causes all kinds of mishaps among the customers! |
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| | bfi NFTVA Catalogues A Night Out |
| | The various incidents have clearly been borrowed and expanded from two early Keystone films, The Rounders and Caught in the Rain, but there is considerable subtlety in the gags as the drunken pair wonder from one adventure to the next. | | | The 'cross-eyed' Ben Turpin was a splendid foil for Chaplin's humour and this is an example of their teamwork at its best. | | | Rock out at Access All Areas with Converse |
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| | TU Chapter annual banquet November 5, 2005 |
| | The guest speaker, Ben Turpin, a custom rod builder and professional guide in Pennsylvania, gave a nice presentation on flyfishing for trout in the Poconos and in Central Pennsylvania. | | | To contact Ben Turpin go to his website www.BenTurpin.com. | | | The chapter held it's 3rd annual banquet at the Willow Grove Moose Lodge Saturday evening, November 5, 2005, 6:00 to 10:00 PM. |
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| | The Really Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy |
| | Synopsis: The clowns of the American silent screen bring laughter to a new generation in this wonderful box set, featuring 53 short films from the era's funniest comic talents: Laurel and Hardy, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon, Will Rogers, Ben Turpin and more. |
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| | Movie Info for His New Job on MSN Movies |
| | Charlie applies for work at the Lockstone Motion Picture Company. | | | He later topples a large column which lands on top of him, and he is sat upon by Turpin, who, having replaced him as prop man is called to lift the column. | | | Eventually, the star actor arrives, and, enraged at finding his costume missing, starts a melee on stage which ends with everyone but Charlie unconscious. |
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| | Cork Film Festival |
| | Cork Film Festival, 10 Washington Street, Cork, Ireland | | | Charlie gets a job as a carpenter's assistant at a film studio and causes havoc as he knocks people over with planks, steps on the leading lady's train and ruins scenes. | | | With Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Charlotte Mineau, Leo White |
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http://www.corkfilmfest.org/programme/special/chaplin.html
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| | Steve Rydzewski's Slapstick magazine: Back issues |
| | Price still only $8.50 postpaid shipped anywhere within the US. | | | Alice Lake admits It's A Hard Life" in a 1918 article reprint | | | (1pg); Lucille Carlisle-A Leading Lady bio and filmography by Claudia Sassen (6pgs); Victor Potel by David L. Smith (4pgs); Ben Turpin at Mack Sennett Part Two by Steve Rydzewski (10pgs); Paramount-Mack Sennett Comedy filmography continued from second issue (3pgs). |
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| | Turpin, Ben - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Turpin, Ben |
| | A star of silent films, he had a taste for parodying his fellow actors. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Biography for Ben Turpin |
| | Most notable were his films that parodied hit movies of the day such as his The Shriek of Araby (1923), in which his character lampooned Rudolph Valentino. | | | As a gag, Ben Turpin had his eyes insured by "Lloyd's Of London&; in case they might come uncrossed. | | | Ben Turpin was born in New Orleans in 1869, the son of a French-born confectionery store owner. |
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| | Ben Turpin Custom Rod Building and Guide Service |
| | Ben Turpin Custom Rod Building and Guide Service was established in 1997. | | | Ben Turpin Custom Rod Building and Guide Service | | | The business evolved out of 20 years of fly fishing experience and a dedication to education and excellence in the sport. |
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| | Ben Turpin - Fred's Frivolity, Pride of Pikeville, and others.. :EROL |
| | By the time the films featured here were released, he was an international star. | | | Although Ben died in 1940, his films are still regarded by many as some of the greatest of the silent era.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%3CB%3EThis video is available for purchase in the US at a price of £18 ($27 approx.). | | | For many, he needed to do no more than give one of his many manic expressions and cross his famous eyes to have the audience rolling in the aisles. |
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| | Anecdote - Bernard [Ben] Turpin - Custard Pie |
| | Turpin, Bernard [Ben] (1869-1940) American comedian and actor [noted for his crossed eyes and for his roles in various films] | | | One day in 1913 Mabel Normand, attempting to get the famously cross-eyed Ben Turpin to laugh, picked up a lemon meringue pie which some workmen had brought to lunch with them and suddenly smashed it into Turpin's face. | | | [Trivia: As a gag, Turpin once had his eyes insured by Lloyd's Of London - to hedge against the possibility of their becoming uncrossed.] |
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| | That Ben himself would renounce any such association as Mr. | | | Brown suggests few will doubt, since it is safe to assume that Ben outgrew church at an early age. | | | In later years, he was quite vocal in his decrying the influence of religion in its keeping people away from Sunday matinees at the movie house. |
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| | Bens Audio Magazine |
| | History of Ben's Audio Magazine - How can this be the first show when I have been doing this for over a year? | | | Click Here to Download the show Now - Show Length is 25 min. | | | Other websites to checkout that I mention during the show: |
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| | A Night Out |
| | Charlie and Ben (with the discomfited Leo White) |
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| | Austin Chronicle: Scanlines |
| | The rest of the cast is also studded with character actors, including cross-eyed silent star Ben Turpin and Andy Clyde. | | | There is no space to go into my Jack Oakie reverie here, but sometime. | | | Hugh Herbert (I'm sure the inspiration for Tex Avery's Droopy) leads the opposition, which includes a sneezing Billy Gilbert. |
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| | Benjamin Turpin |
| | If you would like to have Ben speak at your church or at one of your meetings or conferences, just drop us a line or give us a call. | | | We are delighted that you stopped by BenjaminTurpin.com please look around check out the News and check back with us as we continue to grow. | | | As a public speaker actively seeking speaking engagements Ben would love to come and share with your group. |
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| | VH1.com : Movies : A Small Town Idol : Main |
| | This hilarious slapstick comedy from Mack Sennett finds Sam Smith (Ben Turpin), the resident of a small town, accused of stealing. | | | This hilarious slapstick comedy from Mack Sennett finds Sam Smith (Ben Turpin), the reside... | | | The jealous villain J. Wellington Jones (James Finlayson) orchestrated Sam's frame-up to keep him from wooing Mary (Phyllis Haver), the prettiest single girl in town. |
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| | Men's Tennis- Schedule and Results - Saint Anselm College |
| | Saint Anselm dropped their overall record to 5-10, 3-9 in the NE-10. | | | The Hawks have completed their regular season schedule, and will turn their sights to hosting the upcoming Northeast-10 Conference Tournament at Saint Anselm this Friday through Sunday. | | | 3 Barrett Alston (BEN) defeated Matt Greely (STA) 6-0 6-1 |
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| | Louis and the Artbar |
| | After the talk we went to the gallery cafeteria, which on Wednesday nights transforms into the Artbar. | | | As one of my companions said, "He has issues." In case you've just clicked on the Ben Turpin link, but have never seen a picture of Louis Nowra, I ought to mention that the similarity is now and was then invisible to me. | | | Clearly the matter of visual self-representation has been problematic to him for some time. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/shawjonathan/iblog/C891102405/E20060309163618
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| | Ben Turpin |
| | Find where Ben Turpin is credited alongside another name | | | Ben Gets a Duck and Is Ducked (1909) | | | Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Ben Turpin |
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| | Silent Era : People : Actors : Ben Turpin |
| | Silent Era : People : Actors : Ben Turpin | | | Silent Era Home Page > People > Actors > Ben Turpin | | | People active in the silent era and people who keep the silent era alive. |
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| | SIMON LOUVISH :: NON-FICTION :: KEYSTONE :: MACK SENNET |
| | Over the next two decades, now in California, he made hundreds of silent films under his Keystone rubric, launching the career of the legendary but ill-fated comic actor Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, discovering the great Mabel Normand and Ben Turpin and giving the fledgling Charlie Chaplin a needed lucky break. | | | Sennett was soon able to pay it forward. |
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| | SIMON LOUVISH :: FICTION :: YOUR MONKEY'S SHMUCK |
| | Danny Hohenlohe is a maverick foreigner among the glass towers of Manhattan, A.D. 1980, determined to succeed in placing his bizarre short stories with the literary or science-fiction magazines. | | | But when Danny’s host and best friend, the eternal optimist Ben Tishman, disappears en route to a Long Island sugar daddy, the increasingly eccentric world of Danny’s ‘real’ environment, and that of his stories, begin to ominously converge. | | | Will Danny H- break out of the straitjacket of his own imagination, or will he be overtaken by the world of DREKULA, THE THING IN THE BOG, THE GLOBBLE VILLAGE, GODZILLA’S MOTHER IN LAW and many many more…? |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Laurel & Hardy Volume 11 - Saps At Sea/Music Shorts [1940]: DVD |
| | The main feature, though, isn't the best thing on it -'Saps at Sea' was Laurel and Hardy's last production for the Hal Roach studios, is largely a rehash of earlier work and plays like an extended short rather than a genuine feature, but it's still highly entertaining, and features an inspired cameo by Ben Turpin. | | | The silent short, 'You're Darn Tootin', is a beatifully restored print of one of their earliest films as a team, but the main reason for buying this disc must be 'Below Zero', presented here in three different versions. | | | Like all the Laurel and Hardy discs in this series, this DVD presents some of their best work in top-quality restored versions. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001K2KBG
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| | DVD Empire - Item - Chaplin #3 / DVD-Video |
| | Chaplain #3 contains the following silent film shorts of Charlie Chaplin: 'Kid Auto Races in Venice' (1914/11 minutes/Black & White), Rival Mashers' with Oliver Hardy (aka Those Love Pangs (1914/16 minutes/Black & White) and 'A Night Out' with Ben Turpin (1915/Black and White). | | | Be the first customer to comment on this Title. |
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| | Search - tvguide.com |
| | Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck and Laurence Fishburne have each dona... | | | Jon Stewart did his best, but it wasn't good enough. |
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| | Comedy Links Directory: Ben Turpin |
| | Ben Turpin stand up comedian profile has a biography of Ben Turpin, in addition to Ben Turpin facts, trivia, and information about where to buy Ben Turpin products online. | | | Site Design and Content by The Comedy Zone, copyright 1999 - 2006 | | | Home > Stand Up Comedy > Comedians (by Name) > Comedians - T > Ben Turpin |
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