Friday, 30 July 2021

Gloria Pope

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

It's in the Bag! (1945) as Marion Floogle

















Fred Allen

Born: 31 May 1894, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 17 March 1956, New York City, New York, USA

It's in the Bag! (1945) as Fred F. Trumble Floogle



















Lois Boyd

Born: 5 October 1904, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 3 February 1995, California, USA
 
Lois Boyd was a showgirl in the Ziegfeld Follies. She was later given the opportunity to become one of Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties and then was picked out to make a series of short comedies with three fat actors, Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander and 'Kewpie' Ross, collectively known as 'A Ton of Fun'.

Honeymoon Feet (1926) as The Wife

Difficult to get a decent shot of Lois Boyd in this film. Here she is sitting on a donkey.

















































Thursday, 29 July 2021

Ernest Morrison

Born: 20 December 1912, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: 24 July 1989, Lynwood, California, USA
 
Ernest Morrison was a child actor in the silent days of film. He was already an experienced performer by the time he was cast in the first 'Our Gang' films at Hal Roach Studios. In the 1940s Morrison was cast as 'Scruno', one of the 'East Side Kids' in a series of films.

Get Down and Get Under (1920) as Small Boy (uncredited)




















Number, Please? (1920) as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)




















Rush Orders (1921) as Narcissus (Credited as Sunshine Sambo)



















The Non-Skid Kid (1922) as Young Boy




















Our Gang (1922) as Booker T. Bacon


This character was also referred to as 'Snowy'.
















The Big Show (1923) as Booker T.

Hard to see, but Ernest Morrison is on the left, with Allen 'Farina' Hoskins.


















The Champeen! (1923) as Sammy


















George Rowe

Born: 15 September 1894, Maine, USA
Died: 18 November 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA

Rush Orders (1921) as The Skinflint (uncredited)

George Rowe is on the right, with Snub Pollard.














Hughie Mack

Born: 26 November 1884, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 13 October 1927, Santa Monica, California, USA

Rush Hour (1921) as Lunch Counter Customer

Hughie Mack stands over George Rowe.
















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