This is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Media in February 2013. Today is the birthday of Billy Armstrong (1891-1924). An alum of Fred Karno’s company, he was hired to [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:26PM on January 14, 2013