Biography of Edna Purviance, leading lady of Charlie Chaplin
Edna Purviance biography Charlie Chaplin had many different leading ladies, but none who appeared with such regularity, nor with such impact on him personally, as […]
Month: September 2011
Biography of Cantiflas, famous Mexican clown
Mario Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a comedian of the Mexican theater and film industry. His interpretation of Cantinflas, a character […]
Red Skelton on Thanksgiving
This is taken from The Thanksgiving Turkey, an episode of The Red Skelton Show where Red Skelton plays his Clem Kaddiddlehopper at the first Thanksgiving. […]
Red Skelton's Christmas wish
This is taken from “Christmas with the Skeltons,” an episode of “The Red Skelton Show” where various characters played by Red Skelton drop in at […]
Happy hobos and sad tramps – Character of the tramp and hobo clown
Happy hobos and sad tramps – Character of the tramp and hobo clown The character clown is widely thought of as the tramp or hobo, […]
There's Nothing Worse than Loneliness at Christmastime
[written and sung by Red Skelton, as Freddy the Freeloader, in Red Skelton’s Christmas Dinner] There is nothing worse than loneliness at Christmastime, When old […]
Freddy the Freeloader – Red Skelton's famous Hobo clown
Red Skelton’s most famous character, Freddie the Freeloader, is a happy hobo clown. Unlike Emmett Kelly‘s Weary Willy tramp clown, Freddie the Freeloader had a […]