Today is the birthday of Hampton Del Ruth (1879-1958). Educated at Oxford, he gained some experience at a couple of smaller studios before joining Keystone as a writer and actor in 1914. (He appears uncredited in just a handful of films, including A Film Johnny, His Favorite Pastime and Tillie’s Punctured Romance). Del Ruth’s value to Sennett became […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:03AM on September 7, 2013