BEN TURPIN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 147206
Sale Price $325.00
Reg. $400.00
BEN TURPIN
Small sepia publicity photograph of Ben Turpin posing with four
others on the golf course.
Photograph signed: "Best Wishes/Ben Turpin." Sepia, 6¾x4¾.
The silent screen comedian is pictured with four others on the golf course.
Photograph by T.A. Wilke. Ben Turpin joined Essanay shortly after the
company began operating in 1907, but it wasn't until 1917, when he joined
Mack Sennett, that he became a leading comedy star. He enjoyed his greatest
success in a series of parodies of hit movies of the period, lampooning famous
screen personalities. His films included Uncle Tom Without the Cabin
(1919), The Shriek of Araby (1923), The Reel Virginian (1924) and
A Harem Knight (1926). He derived much laughter from the contrast between
his small size and ludicrous face and the dashing, sophisticated characters he
portrayed. Turpin had insured his eyes with Lloyds of London against
uncrossing. 1½-inch blank edge at upper right is tattered, else in fine
condition.
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