You can tell that someone is a silent comedy geek " as opposed to just a silent movie geek " if they know Ernest Torrence (1878-1933) primarily as Buster Keaton's rough, tough riverboat captain dad in Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928). Because Torrence wasn't a comedy specialist; he had major character roles in a LARGE number of silent […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PM on June 26, 2019