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1. The Man from Egypt (Dutch intertitles). Collection EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Worries and wobbles, a 1917 farce with intertitles in Dutch. Collection EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Lawrence Semon (February 9, 1889 [1] – October 8, 1928) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film era.
Larry Semon was a slapstick comedian and director who starred in many short films in the early 1920s. He also played the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1925), but his career declined after his marriage to Dorothy Dwan.
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- West Point, Mississippi, USA
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Larry Semon. Director: The Wizard of Oz. Slapstick comedian known for his charming, white-painted face and clownish smile, mugged his way to being a very highly paid and popular actor. His career was marred by personal problems, and his fortune was lost to high spending.
- July 16, 1889
- October 8, 1928
Nov 29, 2015 · Learn about the life and career of Larry Semon, a silent film star who worked with Laurel and Hardy and tried to remake The Wizard of Oz. Find out how he rose and fell in the film industry, and why he is still remembered in Germany.
Producer. American silent film comedian whose hugely successful career disappeared virtually overnight, Larry Semon was the son of a traveling vaudeville magician, Zera the Great. He grew up in show business and was trained in stage comedy and acrobatics.
Lawrence "Larry" Semon (February 9, 1889 – October 8, 1928) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent movie era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian. He is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together.
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Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 16 July 1889, Lawrence “Larry” Semon rose to considerable fame as a silent film actor and director during the 1920s. While today his movies are difficult to find and his name has been virtually erased from American film history, during the early years of cinema he rivaled Charlie Chaplin in […]
