A Clever Dummy is a 1917 American short comedy film directed by Ferris Hartman, Robert P. Kerr, Herman C. Raymaker, and Mack Sennett. Ben Turpin as A...
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credits are roles in A Clever Dummy (1917), The Summer Girls (1918), East Lynne with Variations (1919), When Love Is Blind (1919), A Lightweight Lover (1920)...
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1940 in film (section A)
Night July 1 – Ben Turpin, 70, American actor, Saps at Sea, Mr. Flip, A Clever Dummy July 15 – Donald Calthrop, 52, English actor, Scrooge, Blackmail, Murder...
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Mechanical Dummy, played by Ben Turpin in A Clever Dummy, a Sennett silent short dating from 1917 when the term "robot" did not yet exist. The dummy performs...
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were his cross-eyed appearance and adeptness at vigorous physical comedy. A sometimes vaudeville performer, he was "discovered" for film while working...
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silent films. She became one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties and appeared in a variety of serials through the late 1910s. She was well known for her troubled...
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was married to Harry H. Anderson, a "wealthy Hollywood automobile agent". The Story of a Story - 1915 A Clever Dummy - 1917 The Hidden Spring (1917) The...
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Kirby's clever dummy sent Jodie Taylor through to score England's opening goal in a 6–0 rout. In the next match Kirby and Taylor scored in a 2–0 win over...
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Gazer (1916) Luke Rides Roughshod (1916) Haystacks and Steeples (1916) A Clever Dummy (1917) Mickey (1918) Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1918) Salome vs. Shenandoah...
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Age, and A Winning Loser. He also did The Dangers of a Bride with Gloria Swanson, and A Clever Dummy with Ben Turpin. Arbuckle had already recruited Buster...
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