Life Magazine, Ben Turpin, September, 1949 Life Magazine September 1949
Entry/Object ID
AM1990.1.48
Scope and Content
Life Magazine, Ben Turpin, September, 1949. Ben Turpin was not born cross-eyed. They stuck that way when he was playing Happy Hooligan, and became an asset. Turpin got his first movie break with Mack Sennett through Chaplin. He became the star of Sennett's permanent troupe and he maintains a particularly friendly memory to those who like comedy broad and low. He was a fine acrobat. He was especially proud of his "108" (a somersault from a standing start). He died at 71, in 1940.
The week's events were: The Question is: Yanks or Red Sox, Finns, Slap Down Their Communists, A Little Girl Leaves her Home, Exhibits Enliven the 5% Shot, Editorial: Zip In Tennis, Martha Beck Heads for Chair and Civil War's Last shells are Exploded.
