A little something different today! This star started in silents and became a household name: The curtain is dusky, a desert sun red; will Charles be performing, or will he instead? The stage was big business back in his time (you can ask him yourself, just drop in a dime and call straight from the book, in the Ls, not the Js.) He'd be happy to speak of his music hall days. Can you guess who? EDIT: Ruby answered correctly on the FF + SS Facebook page: It's Stan Laurel!
His birth name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson; early in his stage career, as a member of the Karno Troupe, he was an understudy for Charles Chaplin. His phone number was listed in the 1960s, and he was warm and friendly to any fans who called him for advice or inspiration. (One such fan was comedian Dick Van Dyke.) Laurel made his first film, Nuts in May, in 1917, and even did an early short with Oliver Hardy in 1920 -21. However, it wasn't until 1927 that they were formally paired together -- and the magic began.
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