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	Ben Turpin
		Turpin was convinced that the crossed eyes were essential to his comic career; his co-workers recalled that after he received any blow to the head he made a point of looking himself in the mirror to assure himself that they had not become uncrossed.
		Turpin developed a vigorous style of physical comedy, including an ability to stage comic pratt-falls that impressed even his fellow workers in the rough & tumble world of silent comedy.
		Ben Turpin first appeared on film in 1907 for Essanay Studios in Chicago in various small parts and comic bits; in addtion to his on-screen work Turpin worked as a janitor for Essanay.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/be/Ben_Turpin.html (382 words)

	Ben Turpin - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Turpin developed a vigorous style of physical comedy, including an ability to stage comic pratt-falls that impressed even his fellow workers in the rough and tumble world of silent comedy.
		Ben Turpin first appeared on film in 1907 for Essanay Studios in Chicago in various small parts and comic bits; in addition to his on-screen work Turpin worked as a janitor for Essanay.
		Turpin had invested his earnings in real estate, and being highly successful at this, had no financial need for more work.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ben_Turpin (415 words)

	bturpin
		Ben Turpin was a supremely outlandish figure: undersized, stringy, acrobatic, his whole being seeming to revolve around a huge, mobile and expressive adam's-apple.
		Turpin was the son of a New Orleans candy store owner who had varying degrees of success, the family moved around the country settling for a while in New York.
		Turpin was given his own series at Vogue studios, a small, not particularly prestigious outfit, in 1916, then late in 1917 he began his long association with Mack Sennett with whom he became a leading comedian.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Hills/4337/bturpin.html (802 words)

	Ben Turpin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turpin took out an 25,000 dollar insurance policy with Lloyd's of London, payable if his eyes ever uncrossed (how serious this was is open to question: such publicity stunts centered around a performer's "trademark" were common at the time).
		Ben Turpin first appeared on film in 1907 for Essanay Studios in Chicago in various small parts and comic bits; in addition to his on-screen work Turpin worked as a janitor for Essanay.
		Ben Turpin died in 1940 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ben_Turpin (808 words)

	Ben Turpin - Free net encyclopedia
		Ben Turpin (September 19, 1869 - July 1, 1940) was a comedian, best remembered for his work in silent films.
		Turpin was born Bernhard Turpin or Bernard Turpin in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a candy store owner.
		Ben Turpin passed away in 1940 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Ben_Turpin (762 words)

	Bio for Ben Turpin on MSN Movies
		In truth, Turpin was merely performing the routines written for him by such ace Sennett gagsters as Mal St. Clair and Frank Capra; though his comedies were surefire laughgetters, he himself was only as good as his material.
		In his twilight years, Ben was far too wealthy to care that the parade had passed him by; in his heyday, he'd made $3000 a week (a fact that he enjoyed trumpeting to complete strangers on the street), and what he didn't squirrel away in banks he wisely invested in real estate and property.
		Appropriately enough, Ben Turpins last film appearance was as a myopic apartment-house plumber, whose crossed wires and pipes result in music-playing refrigerators and ice-covered radios, in Laurel & Hardy's Saps at Sea (1940).
	entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?mp=b&c=361355 (611 words)

	Ben Turpin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ben Turpin was born in New Orleans on the Anniversary of the Constitution on September 17, 1874.
		Turpin was cross-eyed and was successful as a silent film slapstick comedian.
		Turpin was able to succeed in such roles because he was very small and had a silly looking face.
	www.hollywoodmania.com /turpin/turpin.html (279 words)

	BEN TURPIN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/27/1929
		Turpin agrees to pay Kane $50.00 per week "for every week Ben Turpin draws a salary for appearing before an audience in said act: 'The Interview'" and credit Kane as the author whenever possible.
		Kane to Turpin and unsigned carbons of letters from Turpin to Kane and to one of his employers.
		After scrawny, cross-eyed Ben Turpin became a star, he took out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy against his eyes ever becoming uncrossed.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/1_2003/actors_actresses/BEN_TURPIN.htm (321 words)

	© Ben Turpin - Silent Film Comedian - goldensilents.com
		Silent film clown Ben Turpin was born Bernard Turpin in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 19th, 1874.
		Ben appeared on the stage, in burlesque shows, and in vaudeville before entering movies.
		He was married twice, to actress Carrie Turpin, who died in 1925, and he married again in 1926 to Babette Dietz.
	www.goldensilents.com /comedy/benturpin.html (244 words)

	Ben Turpin - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ben Turpin was born in New Orleans in 1869, the son of a French-born confectionery store owner.
		Turpin's true forte was impersonating the most dashingly romantic and sophisticated stars of the day and turning them into clumsy oafs.
		Turpin retired from full time acting in 1924 to care for his ailing wife Canadian comedy actress Carrie Turpin (nee LeMieux).
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0878035/bio (779 words)

	Ben Turpin
		BEN TURPIN was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 19th., 1874, and received an elementary education in that city.
		It was there that the famous comedian of the roving eyes, decided that he might screen in such a way as to create laughter.
		Making a test, it was soon evident that in Turpin, a potential screen comedian of rare talent was "discovered," and he was cast as one of the first slap stick artists.
	www.silentladies.com /BTurpin.html (169 words)

	Ben Turpin - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ben Turpin - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		A star of silent films, he had a taste for parodying his fellow actors.
		Hogan, Ben (1912-1997), American professional golfer, who won more than 60 tournaments and is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time....
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Ben_Turpin.html (63 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Reviews : Slapstick Encyclopedia
		Best known for slapstick (the "breaking-up-a-household-of-furniture-and-chase-through-the-street" type, as one critic dubbed it), Essanay's first big star was Ben Turpin, who for a few years did for crossed eyes what Chaplin later did for oversized shoes.
		Turpin started his career at the studio as a janitor, shipping clerk, prop man, and stunt man before being placed in front of the camera at the age of 40.
		In the wackiest scene, Turpin dreams about a bevy of snowball-throwing Sennett Bathing Beauties who emerge from igloos and frolic in the frozen wasteland.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/s/slapstickencyclopedia.shtml (5762 words)

	Ben Turpin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ben Turpin (1874-1940) was the son of a New Orleans candy store owner.
		It was then when his comic ability was discovered and he was given a series of his own at Vogue Studios in 1917.
		Ben's gimmick was of course his crooked eyesight.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/musicbox/turpin.htm (272 words)

	Turpin (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turpin (archbishop), a Roman Catholic archbishop of Reims, France, in the 800s
		Turpin (bishop), a 12th century bishop of Brechin, Scotland
		Kenneth Turpin, an English historian, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turpin (160 words)

	Ben Turpin Rides Again - Moviefone
		Synopsis: Ben Turpin Rides Again is an alternate title for Turpin's 1921 vehicle A Small Town Idol.
		Ben Turpin Rides Again - Rotten Tomatoes BEN TURPIN RIDES AGAIN reviews from the nation's top critics and audiences.
		Ben Turpin Rides Again - Ben Turpin Rides Again movie details.
	movies.aol.com /movie/ben-turpin-rides-again/1002824/main (165 words)

	BEN TURPIN - ANNOTATED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
		Turpin joined Essanay shortly after the company began operating in 1907, but it wasn't until 1917, when he joined Mack Sennett, that he became a leading comedy star.
		He derived much laughter from the contrast between his small size and ludicrous face and the dashing, sophisticated characters he portrayed.
		Turpin had insured his eyes with Lloyds of London against uncrossing.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/1_2001/actors_actresses/BEN_TURPIN.htm (232 words)

	EYES OF TURPIN ARE UPON YOU!,THE (1918, 1921-USA) - VHS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the midst of the chaotic chases, Ben gets a job in a beauty parlor, where he makes a mess out of cold-cream treatments, tummy reducing and egg shampoos.
		Turpin is a small-town guy whose worship of a movie actress gets him into trouble with his jealous fianc.
		The climax is a triumph of brilliantly timed gags as Turpin, after being literally propelled out of jail, rides to the rescue of his besieged fianc, and confronts Finlayson in an epic fight, while the woman dangles from a rooftop!Silent films with music score, correct projection speed.
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	Ben Turpin Rides Again \| MTV MOVIES
		Ben Turpin Rides Again is an alternate title for Turpin's 1921 vehicle A Small Town Idol.
		Cross-eyed Ben Turpin plays an aspiring actor who heads to Hollywood.
		Upon returning to his home town, he is inexplicably accused of murder, but manages to clear himself.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/2811/moviemain.jhtml (108 words)

	BEN TURPIN: KEYSTONE COMEDIES (1917-1926-USA) - VHS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For some peculiar reason-which is just as logical as anything else in the film-she disguises Ben as her sister, and they have Bens pal take his place in the crate.
		Ben finds himself comically mixing with the showgirl, her fellow Hotsey Totsey dancers and the lecherous owner of the theater in which they appear.
		Vic chooses the latter and emerges from the theater smitten with Dora.
	www.onesheet.com /product291.html (456 words)

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		He was born in 1920 and died in 1995.
		Plot Outline: After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant.
		Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.
	www.lycos.com /info/ben-turpin.html (354 words)

	Ben Turpin Biografia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Oggi si parla poco di lui, ma Ben Turpin è stato certamente uno dei migliori comici del suo tempo.
		Nato in Louisiana, Turpin era poco più che un giovanotto quando suo padre, venditore di dolciumi, si trasferì con tutta la famiglia a New York in cerca di fortuna.
		Ben Turpin è uscito di scena in punta di piedi, così come c'era entrato, ma con grande stile e professionalità.
	www.mymovies.it /dizionario/Biblio.asp?A=7684 (451 words)

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		That Ben himself would renounce any such association as Mr.
		Brown suggests few will doubt, since it is safe to assume that Ben outgrew church at an early age.
		In later years, he was quite vocal in his decrying the influence of religion in its keeping people away from Sunday matinees at the movie house.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/hp/benturpin1.html (111 words)

	Ben Turpin - An Eye for An Eye - Rotten Tomatoes
		Ben Turpin - An Eye for An Eye - Rotten Tomatoes
		Ben Turpin - An Eye for An Eye
		Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Ben Turpin - An Eye for An Eye to receive a rating.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/ben_turpin_an_eye_for_an_eye (401 words)

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		My cane blanks used to be made by a local craftsman and I would fit and finish the rods in house.
		I will be the first to admit I am not a master craftsman but these beautiful cane rods are sure to please cane lovers of all levels.
		Rods will be fitted with high quality componenets from Arcane and Pacific Bay along with custom turned cork handles from Ben Turpin Custom Rods.
	www.benturpin.com /bt/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=51 (181 words)

	TIME.com: Booty & the Beast -- Mar. 19, 1965 -- Page 1
		He looked like Ben Turpin in uniform: a massive head, topping out at 5 ft.
		When the Civil War broke out, Ben Butler was New England's most famous criminal lawyer, a raspy-voiced Democrat who had long crusaded for shorter working hours and the secret ballot.
		Lincoln needed all the Democratic trimmings he could get in the war, and since Butler was incidentally a brigadier of the state militia, Lincoln dispatched him to Maryland, which was threatening to secede.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,833606,00.html (599 words)

	MRC FilmFinder-Full Record: Mack Sennett comedies
		"The hero (Ben Turpin) rescues a young lady and she invites him to her apartment.
		"Ben Turpin can't help but split your sides with laughter.
		Improbably cast as a handsome lover, he can hardly sort out the ladies he desires form the many that fall at his feet." With Ben Turpin, Andy Clyde, and Vernon Dent.
	www.lib.unc.edu /house/mrc/films/full.php?film_id=7257 (568 words)

	Ben Turpin Custom Rod Building and Guide Service
		Ben Turpin Custom Rod Building and Guide Service
		Ben Turpin Custom Rod Building and Guide Service was established in 1997.
		The business evolved out of 20 years of fly fishing experience and a dedication to education and excellence in the sport.
	www.benturpin.com (559 words)

	Cork Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Down to his last frankfurter, Charlie seeks employment and, through a trick, manages to get taken on as a sparring partner.
		Although matched with a giant in the prize-ring, he emerges triumphant thanks to his faithful dog.
		Charlie gets a job as a carpenter's assistant at a film studio and causes havoc as he knocks people over with planks, steps on the leading lady's train and ruins scenes.
	www.corkfilmfest.org /programme/special/chaplin.html (411 words)

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		Edna first appears in A Night on the Town, Chaplin’s second short, which strongly resembles The Rounders, with Ben Turpin taking over Fatty Arbuckle’s role.
		She’s awkwardly inserted half-way through, more to give her screen time than to take part in the proceedings.
		Shown are: Phil Silvers, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, Burns and Allen, Ben Turpin, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin,...
	www.lycos.com /info/ben-turpin--charlie-chaplin.html (356 words)

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