Ben Turpin Mack Sennett "Where's my Wandering Boy this Evening?" 3 Sheet Comedy

Description

Spectacular 41" by 81" 3 sheet promoting the 1923 Mack Sennett classic,
"Where's my Wandering Boy this Evening?"
Not a reproduction or reprint.
This is an authentic
Morgan 1923 Movie Poster from the silent era of Hollywood.
This stunning image captures the fun of the slapstick silent era, via the cross-eyed comedy legend
Ben Turpin being "vamped" by his sexy costar Madeline Hurlock.
This huge image fully projects the power of the
Mack Sennett
name, this film being historically significant as it was Sennett's first for Pathe to distribute. Mack Sennett was a powerhouse producer of comedy that brought success to many comedic greats as Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin. Truly a piece of Hollywood history and a hilarious work of art. The colors on this poster are still vivid (dress and the blue background are awesome) as it lived in a tube for the last 30 years, linen mounted with no tears, condition as shown. To my knowledge, it's never been hung in a theater. Amazing piece! Shipped rolled in PVC tube, Buyer pays insurance. Questions welcomed!
About.
Bernard
"
Ben
"
Turpin
(September 19, 1869
[2]
– July 1, 1940) was an American comedian and actor, best remembered for his work in
silent films
. His trademarks were his cross eyed
appearance and adeptness at vigorous physical comedy. Turpin worked with notable performers such as Charlie Chaplin
and Laurel and Hardy
, and was a part of the Mack Sennett
studio team. He is believed to have been the first filmed "victim" of the pie in the face
gag. When sound came to films, Turpin chose to retire, having invested profitably in real estate, although he did do occasional cameos.
He had a distinctive appearance, with a small wiry frame, a brush mustache, and crossed eyes. Turpin's famous eyes, he said, only crossed as a young adult after he suffered an accident. He 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. He was a devout Catholic,
]
and his workmates occasionally goaded him by threatening to pray that his eyes would uncross, thus depriving him of his livelihood.
Turpin famously bought a ,000 insurance policy with Lloyd's of London, payable if his eyes ever uncrossed. A 1920 version of the story had his eyes insured for 0,000.
[11]
How serious this was is open to question; such publicity stunts centered on a performer's "trademark" were common at the time.
He developed a vigorous style of physical comedy, including an ability to stage comic pratfalls that impressed even his fellow workers in the rough-and-tumble world of silent comedy. One of his specialties was a forward tumble he called the "hundred an' eight". It was basically an interrupted forward somersault initiated by kicking one leg up, turning over 180 degrees to land flat on the back or in a seated position.
Crossed Eyes.
Turpin and Sennett both appeared as themselves
in
Hollywood Cavalcade
(1939), a partly fictionalized movie about the silent-film era. This movie contains a sequence in which Turpin reports for work and prepares to go onto the set in character. In the dressing room he picks up a hand mirror and checks his reflection as he deliberately crosses his eyes as extremely as possible. In this sequence, it can be seen that Turpin's left eye was actually normal when he was not performing and that he intentionally crossed it (to match his misaligned right eye) as part of his screen character.
Film Details.
Director: J.A. Waldron
Camera: Blake Wagner & Ernie Crockett
Editor: Ray Enright
Ben Turpin, Pricilla Bonner, Dot Farley, James Finlayson, Madeline Hurlock, Billy Armstrong, Wheeler Dryden, Fanny Kelly, Pat Kelly, Teddy, Billy Gilbert, Jack Duffy,
Gordon Lewis