 Today is the birthday of Sidney Lanfield (1898-1972). Lanfield was a jazz musician and comedian in vaudeville before being hired as a gag writer for silent comedies by the Fox Film Corporation in 1926.  In the sound era he distinguished himself as a solid director of comedies (although he occasionally ventured into other genres). […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:04AM on April 20, 2014