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	Taggs Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Fred Wescott was an entertainer and used to busk at the lock near Hampton Court at weekends.
		Fred's boat, the 'Astoria', seen here on a winter sunset, still exists in all its original glory and is moored a few yards up river from the island on the Middlesex bank.
		Fred was asked if he would use his entrepenuerial skills to help the failing hotel.
	www.daveraven.co.uk /island.html (899 words)

	Fred Karno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fred Karno - the stage name of Frederick John Westcott (March 26, 1866 - September 18, 1941) - was a theatre impressario.
		Among the young comedians who worked for him were Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel.
		These were what was known as "Fred Karno's army", a phrase still occasionally in use in the UK.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fred_Karno (102 words)

	Fred Karno
		Fred Karno (born Frederick Westcott, 1866-1941) was an extremely famous and successful impresario.
		When an act called the Three Carnos were unable to perform at the Metropolitan Edgware Road, the trio called themselves the Three Karnos and Fred’s rise to fame began.
		We are Fred Karno’s army, the ragtime infantry.
	www.marketingreinforcements.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /index_fredkarno.html (470 words)

	Charlie Chaplin
		Karno was one of the biggest names in show business at the time, running several touring companies in the UK, Europe and America.
		It was with Karno that Charlie would develop his skills for comedy and mimicry which would later make him famous throughout the world.
		After appearing with the Fred Karno Company in the UK for two years, Charlie was sent on a tour of America in 1910.
	www.thirteen.force9.co.uk /chaplin/life.htm (1237 words)

	Fred Karno - Great Impresario
		Frederick John Westcott, later known as Fred Karno, was born at Exeter on 26 March 1866.
		And when Fred was sent to a gymnasium to do some repairs he became fascinated and signed up for instruction at sixpence a time.
		She fell for the spruce and lively Fred and loved him for the rest of her life no matter how badly he treated her - Fred could be mean and was not shy of using physical abuse.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /sherwoodtimes/gym.htm (1270 words)

	Sydney Chaplin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Though younger, it was Charlie that got onto the stage first, in a play, Sherlock Holmes, but it wasn't long before Syd joined the tour.
		Fred Karno then signed up Sydney, and he then recommended Charlie, giving him his biggest break.
		After Charlie left Keystone, he suggested Sydney as his replacement, and he made a few comedies there, most notably A Submarine Pirate in 1915.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sydney_Chaplin (201 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Charles Chaplin appears at Seattle’s Empress Theatre beginning April 1, 1912.
		Through his older half-brother, Chaplin became a member of the prestigious Fred Karno comedy troupe in 1908, when he was only 19.
		With Karno, Charles Chaplin quickly established himself as a talented stage comic, and in 1910 made his first visit to the United States as a featured performer in the troupe's American company.
		Calling Karno, the headlining act, "the screaming windup," he noted that the sketch was "horseplay and low comedy, which everybody likes at least once on a vaudeville bill, and people yesterday laughed at it until they were ashamed of themselves" (Sayre, "Empress Show...").
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=2539 (1377 words)

	A Family Business Tony Staveacre - openDemocracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Karno’s trick was to adapt the slapstick and acrobatic comedy of the circus clowns to the music-hall stage, in mostly improvised, knockabout comedy sketches — drunks, custard pies, cod villains, whitewash and step-ladders.
		A special Karno trick was the absurdity of the trick that doesn’t come off — the conjurer who fails to bring the rabbit out of the hat, the singer who does all the big preparation and then produces a weedy note, the juggler who loses his balls, the drunk who can’t find his seat.
		Karno had also learned his comedy trade in the circus ring, as part of “The Three Karnos” acrobatic troupe.
	www.opendemocracy.net /debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=67&articleId=2695 (1370 words)

	A Brief Biography of Charlie Chaplin
		Sydney, meanwhile, had joined the famous Fred Karno Company and quickly became a leading player and writer therein.
		For both boys, Karno was almost a college of comedy for them, and the period had a huge impact on Charlie especially.
		In 1910 Charlie toured the U.S with the Karno group and returned for another in 1912.
	members.tripod.com /simionline/charliechaplin.html (598 words)

	Laurel and Hardy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy (as he turned 18, he changed his first name to that of his father, thenceforth calling himself 'Oliver Norvell Hardy') in Harlem, Georgia near Augusta, Georgia, in the United States of America.
		Laurel began his career as a comedian in English music halls where he was an understudy to Charles Chaplin in Fred Karno's comedy company.
		They first appeared in the same Roach film in Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood (1926), and their first 'official' film was The Second Hundred Years (June, 1927), directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey, who was the one to suggest that Stanley and Oliver be teamed permanently.
	1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/l/la/laurel_and_hardy.html (695 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Comedian Stan Laurel begins a Seattle stage engagement on March 18, 1917.
		This experience eventually brought him to a comedy troupe run by Fred Karno, the same organization where Charles Chaplin got his big break on the English stage.
		As Stan Laurel -- the comedian changed his last name shortly after leaving the Karno troupe -- his initial efforts in vaudeville were directly linked to the success Charles Chaplin was achieving in motion pictures.
		Unlike when the Karno troupe had appeared at the same theater, the Palace Hip's new policy was to change bills twice a week, on Sunday and Thursday.
	www.historylink.org /_output.cfm?file_id=3297 (1485 words)

	Fred Karno - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Fred Karno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Fred Karno - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Fred Karno.
		Here you will find more informations about Fred Karno.
		The orginal Fred Karno article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Fred-Karno.html (152 words)

	Fred Karno -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Fred Karno -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Fred Karno - the stage name of Frederick John Westcott (March 26, 1866 - September 18, 1941) - was a (A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented) theatre impressario.
		He went (Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts) bankrupt in 1921.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/fred_karno.htm (73 words)

	BIOGRAFÍA DE CHAPLIN
		Karno encontró a Chaplin, según sus propias palabras "triste, demasiado joven, retraído, nervioso y débil" para el tipo de comedias que iba a tener que hacer.
		Es la ocasión para que Karno, a instancias de Sidney, su representante, le de un papel mudo en el sketch "Aves silenciosas".
		Fred Karno decide enviar su compañía a Norteamérica.
	www.loscineastas.com /chaplin_biografia3.htm (658 words)

	Biografie von Stan Laurel und Oliver Hardy-Ulverston-Schauspieler-Theaterbesitzer
		Although his father had prefered to have Stan working in the administration of the theatres, the Theatreblood was in his veines and that brought him to the stage, he made his debut at the age of 16 in the Panopticon Theatre in Glasgow and toured then England with several Music Hall troups.
		The stage producer Fred Karno recognised his talent and brought him as unterstudy for Charlie Chaplin 1912 to the USA.
		After Chaplin went to Sennet and his film career, the show folded, Stan stayed in the States and toured the vaudeville circuits and was hired by some studios to make his first experiences with film, it did not last and always he had to go back to vaudeville.
	www.laurel-hardy-museum.com /artists.htm (327 words)

	Re: Fred Karno's Army
		In Reply to: Fred Karno's Circus posted by Chris on January 18, 2004
		FRED KARNO'S ARMY - "A humorous nickname applied to the new British army raised during the First World War, in allusion to Fred Karno, the comedian and producer of stage burlesques, whose real name was Frederick John Westcott (1866-1941).
		At the time Fred Karno's company was a household name through its high-spirited and eccentric performances.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/27/messages/792.html (169 words)

	Eric Campbell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Born in the resort town of Dunoon, Scotland, he began his career as a stage actor in "fit-ups" (local theaters) in Scotland and Wales, playing in a number of melodramatic roles.
		It was in one such role that he was discovered by Fred Karno, the famous British impressario, who also discovered Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel.
		Karno, who was impressed by Campbell's enormous size and rich, baritone voice, brought him to London and introduced him to the slapstick comdey style of Karno's troupe, the Fun Factory, for which Campbell would later become famous.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Eric-Campbell.htm (620 words)

	Laurel & Hardy on video
		In 1907, Stan joined Fred Karno's troupe of slapstick comedians in Manchester, and in the company's two celebrated productions, Mumming Birds and Jail Birds, he polished the comic techniques which were to carry him to success in the future.
		The Karno company's tour of the USA in 1910 proved so successful that they returned within the year.
		While Stan continued to tour the American vaudeville theatre circuits, Charlie tried his luck on the West Coast and was soon a star of the new motion pictures.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/studio/5352/biography.html (727 words)

	Biography for Charles Chaplin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In 1908 he joined Fred Karno's touring stage company with his brother Sydney; Stan Laurel was also a member of the same company.
		When Chaplin arrived in the U.S. with the Fred Karno troupe on Oct. 2, 1912, in his second trip to America, according to Ellis Island immigration records he had $45 in his pocket.
		While touring with Karno in America in 1912, Chaplin-whose comic drunk was the highlight of the troupe's show-was seen by Mack Sennett, the godfather of movie comedy, who hired him away to appear in moving pictures.
	us.imdb.com /name/nm0000122/bio (5255 words)

	Amazon.com: "Fred Karno": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		One of Stan Laurel's early stage acts, formed in a break from his stint with Fred Karno's road show, was entitled Rum 'Uns from Rome, but there were none so rum as the Romans themselves.
		In this company, he was spotted by Fred Karno and hired for one of Karno's troupes.
		For many years, Fred Karno's was the stan- dard in physical comedy acts.
	amazon.com /phrase/Fred-Karno (401 words)

	Laurel and Hardy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Laurel began his career as a comedian in English music halls where he was an understudy to Charlie Chaplin in Fred Karno's comedy company.
		He emigrated to America in 1910 and embarked on a vaudeville career.
		They first appeared in the same Hal Roach film in Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood (1926), and their first 'official' film was The Second Hundred Years (June 1927), directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey, who was the one to suggest that Stanley and Oliver be teamed permanently.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laurel_&_Hardy (1521 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Features \| Funny business
		Entering the film-making business as an actor in Florida in 1914, Oliver Hardy was to appear in over 270 short films as a solo actor before his serendipitous teaming with Stan Laurel at the Hal Roach Studio in 1925.
		"Karno's Speechless Comedians", as they were called in the last decade of the 19th century, presented pantomime sketches that delighted audiences with a choreographed mayhem mocking authority, police, and society.
		Chaplin was the star of the shows that Karno presented across America in 1911 and 1912, while Stanley Jefferson was very much a junior actor.
	film.guardian.co.uk /features/featurepages/0,4120,567982,00.html (3279 words)

	Harry Robert / King Lloyd
		Harry was many things at different times, for some time he was an actor touring with his father Arthur Lloyd around the country.
		He also toured in America and is reported to have performed with the 'Keystone Cops' and Fred Karno, who worked with Charles Chaplin when Chaplin was just 17.
		His first wife, Margaret Leah Ritchie was born in 1873 but died young in 1904, the same year as Harry's father.
	www.arthurlloyd.co.uk /Ancestry/HarryRobert.htm (418 words)

	Stan Laurel
		Stan Laurel, half of the most successful comedy team in film history, was the son of an actor and theater manager in England, and he started working on music hall stages at a teenager.
		He toured the United States with Fred Karno's vaudeville troupe in 1910, along with fellow performer Charlie Chaplin.
		When the Karno company returned to the United States in 1917, Laurel remained behind and made his film debut in "Nuts in May" (1917).
	www.cemeteryguide.com /laurel.html (675 words)

	Home Page
		PROFESSIONAL: He visits Fred Karno - at that time the most successful and famous theatrical and music hall impressario in the UK - rich enough to buy an island on the Thames - and physically brutal to his wife.
		Backstage at Karno's "Mother Goose" Christmas pantomime a very nervous Stan presents his card - and is hired (on a trial basis) to appear in Karno's stage act "The Mumming* Birds" - and their tour, which starts in London - ideal!.
		Fred Karno's act "The Mummings Bird" was successful for 20 years (rather like "The Mousetrap" of recent years and was re-named "A Night In An English Music Hall" when taken to the States - Americans wouldn't understand the ancient tradition of mumming - or many of the jokes!).
	laurelandhardylady.freeservers.com (2911 words)

	The Immigrant
		From 17 to 24 he toured with Fred Karno's vaudeville troop and toured New York in 1910 for the first time.
		Born in Scotland, Campbell came to the US first with the Fred Karno company (like CC) and became a member of Chaplin's company with 1916's The Floorwalker and always played the villainous, bully, character.
		He too toured with the Karno Company and is know for his "eating scenes." Henry Bergman, appears at the artist and appeared in many Chaplin movies.
	www.path.coe.uh.edu /seminar2002/week2/immigrant_chaplin.html (864 words)

	Sandawana site - Ode to the 6th Bn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Otherwise known as 'The Church's One Foundation', it provided the tune to 'Fred Karno's Army' !
		The poor lad who left Nottingham for a tough apprenticeship as an acrobat in Victorian show business rose through flair and persistence to be one of the greatest impresarios and showmen in the world.
		"We Are Fred Karno's Army" was sung to the melody of "Aurelia", otherwise known as "The Church's One Foundation", by Samuel S Wesley, 1864.
	www.sandawana.freeserve.co.uk /6_ranglian/ode_to_the_sixth.htm (328 words)

	Britannica India: Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Byname of Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin British comedian, producer, writer, director, and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen and one of the most important figures in motion picture history.
		The Tramp's appeal was universal: audiences loved his cheekiness, his deflation of pomposity, his casual savagery, his unexpected gallantry, and his resilience in the face of adversity.
		Some historians have traced the Tramp's origins to Chaplin's Dickensian childhood, while others have suggested that the character had its roots in the motto of Chaplin's mentor, Fred Karno: "Keep it wistful, gentlemen, keep it wistful." Whatever the case, within months after his movie debut, Chaplin was the screen's biggest star.
	www.britannicaindia.com /showbio.asp?id=231 (348 words)

	Charlie Chaplin: Hollywood Renegade
		He debuted with Karno on February 3, 1908 at age seventeen, and quickly rose to prominence as a principle in the cast.
		In 1910 Karno selected Chaplin as one of the leading comics to accompany the troupe on a touring engagement of America leaving for the States in September.
		The knockabout comedy of the Karno Speechless Comedians, combining satire with pantomime, was successful in the United States where vaudeville was then the staple of American entertainment.
	www.cobbles.com /simpp_archive/charlie-chaplin_biography.htm (8557 words)

	Charles Chaplin. Biografía.
		Se inició con un contrato en el Casey Court Circus como una de las primeras atracciones, y finalizó con otro contrato para la célebre compañía de pantomimas de Fred Karno, en la que también actuaba Stan Laurel.
		Con Fred Karno el futuro Charlot había perfeccionado y diversificado sus notables recursos mímicos, y el director lo incluyó en la troupe que realizaba una gira a París en 1909 y al año siguiente otra de seis meses por Estados Unidos.
		Fue la época en que Mack Sennett obtuvo un gran éxito con sus filmes cortos de bañistas y policías, basados en corridas, gesticulaciones exageradas, palos y peleas con tartas de crema.
	www.biografiasyvidas.com /monografia/chaplin (1985 words)

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