BEN TURPIN FILMOGRAPHY – SENNETT 1917-1927

MACK SENNETT KEYSTONE-TRIANGLE

(two reels each unless noted)

Oriental Love 

(released 5/27/17)  Director: Walter Wright and/or Clarence Badger

Ora Carew, Joseph Belmont, Joseph Callahan, Nick Cogley, Andy Anderson, Blanche Payson, Edgar Kennedy, Sid Smith, (Ben Turpin?)

Cactus Nell 

(6/3/17)  Director: Fred Fishback; Assistant Director: Whitey Sovern; camera: J.R. Lockwood

Polly Moran, Wayland Trask, Wallace Beery, Dora Rodgers, Cliff Bowes, Joey Jacobs, Robert Kortman(?), (Ben Turpin?)

 

Sole Mates  

(6/4/17)  One reel Triangle Comedy;   Director: Herman Raymaker; cam: Roger Dale Armstrong 

Ben Turpin, Florence Clarke, Vivian Edwards, Alfred Gronell 

 

 

• A Clever Dummy  

(6/15/17)  Director: Herman Raymaker; Assistant Dirs: Robert Kerr & Ferris Hartman; cam: Elgin Lessley

Ben Turpin (a janitor), James Donnelly (an inventor), Claire Anderson (his daughter), James Delano (the partner), Juanita Hansen (showgirl), Chester Conklin (stagehand), Wallace Beery (theater owner), Joseph Belmont, Eva Thatcher (in audience), Grover Ligon (in sewer). (wt: The Automaton Figure)

• Lost – A Cook   

(8/12/17)  Director: Fred Fishback (?)

Mack Swain, Ethel Teare, Joey Jacobs, Maude Wayne, Cliff Bowes, Sylvia Ashton, Mal St. Clair, Ben Turpin as a party guest.

 

 

The Pawnbroker's Heart, Turpin, Peggy Pearce, Chester Conklin, Hampton Del Ruth

 

• The Pawnbroker’s Heart 

(8/19/17)  (UCLA)   Director: Eddie Cline (?)  

Chester Conklin, Glen Cavender, Caroline Rankin, Peggy Pearce, Ben Turpin, Alice Maison (wt: A Safe Arrangement)

 

MACK SENNETT-PARAMOUNT

(two reels each unless noted)

 • A Bedroom Blunder 

MS1 (10/7/17) (re-released in 1923 as Room 23)   Dir: Eddie Cline; cam: Phil Whitman   

Charlie Murray, Mary Thurman, Wayland Trask, Pat Forde (aka Frank Terry), Eva Thatcher, Glen Cavender, James Donnelly, Wallace Beery, Tom Kennedy, Gonda Durand, Phyllis Haver, Vera Steadman, Roxanna McGowan,  Marvel Rea, Eddie Cline. Ben Turpin in small role as desk clerk at the Sea Shell Inn, second reel.

 

 

Roping Her Romeo with Slim Summerville, Polly Moran, and Ben

 

 

 

 

• Roping Her Romeo 

MS2  (10/21/17)   Dir: Fred Fishback; asst dir: Whitey Sover; cam: Hans Koenekamp

Polly Moran, Ben Turpin (Honest-Eyed Jack, A Poor Butterfly), Slim Summerville, Ethel Teare, Eva Thatcher, Wayland Trask, James Donnelly, Gonda Durand, Eleanor Field, Phyllis Haver, Pat Kelly, Roxana McGowan, Marvel Rea, Edith Valk, Vera Steadman (wt: A Love-sick Bandit)

Slim Summerville, Turpin, Glen Cavender in Are Waitresses Safe?

 

 

 

 

• Are Waitresses Safe? 

MS4  (11/18/17)   Dir: Victor Heerman; cam: Fred Jackman

Louise Fazenda, Ben Turpin (Who Loved Her So), Slim Summerville, Glen Cavender, Tony O’Sullivan, Cliff Bowes, Wayland Trask,  Jack Cooper, Grover Ligon, Al McKinnon, Wallace Beery, Tom Kennedy, Phyllis Haver, Gonda Durand, Laura LaVarnie, Roxanna McGowan, Gene Rogers, Hal Haig Prieste

That Night  

MS6  (12/16/17)   Dir: Eddie Cline; cam: Fred Jackman

Charles Murray, Mary Thurman, Wayland Trask, Wallace Beery, Vera Steadman, Phyllis Haver, Gene Rogers, Roxanna McGowan, Marvel Rea, Eva Thatcher, Glen Cavender, Tom Kennedy, Pat Kelly, (Ben Turpin?)

Taming Target Center  

MS7 (12/30/17)   Dir: William S. Campbell; cam: Fred Jackman

Polly Moran (the new sheriff), Ben Turpin (the sheriff), Gonda Durand (his leading vampire), Tom Kennedy (cafe proprietor), Larry McGrath (the parson), Gene Rogers, George Binns, Marvel Rea, Grover Ligon, Frank J. Coleman

Watch Your Neighbor 

MS10 (2/10/18)   Dir: Victor Heerman; cam: Fred Jackman

Charles Murray, Mary Thurman, Wayland Trask, Gene Rogers, Edgar Kennedy, Frank J. Coleman, Harry Booker, Cliff Bowes, Billy Armstrong, Albert Gillespie, Marvel Rea, Vera Steadman, Roxanna McGowan, (Ben Turpin?)

 

 

• Sheriff Nell’s Tussle  

MS12 (2/24/1918)  (UCLA)  Dir: William S. Campbell; cam: Fred Jackman & Kenneth MacLean

Polly Moran, Ben Turpin (Still After Her), Billy Armstrong, Gonda Durand, Frank J. Coleman, Al McKinnon, Gene Rogers, Pat Kelly

Main cast and crew of Saucy Madeline. Left to right, seated: Jack Cooper, Frank J. Coleman, Polly Moran, F. Richard Jones, Phyllis Haver,Charles Lynn, Gonda Durand, Turpin. Standing left to right: Sloppy Gray, J.R. Lockwood, (three men unidentified), and Garry O'Dell.

 

Saucy Madeline  

MS15 (4/21/1918)   Dir: F. Richard Jones; camera: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood 

Polly Moran, Ben Turpin (A Rolling Stone Out of Work), Charles Lynn, Jack Cooper, Frank J. Coleman, Harry Gribbon, Wayland Trask, George Jeske, Gonda Durand, Alice Maison, Sloppy Gray

• His Smothered Love  

MS16 (5/5/1918)  (MOMA)   Director: Eddie Cline; cam: Fred Jackman & Phil Whitman

Chester Conklin, Harry Gribbon, Marie Prevost, Jack Cooper, Laura LaVarnie, Alice Maison, Paddy McQuire, Wayland Trask, Marvel Rea, Phyllis Haver, Vera Steadman, Frank J. Coleman, Slim Summerville, Erle Kenton, Gonda Durand, Billy Gilbert. Turpin in small role as Conklin’s messenger boy.

The Battle Royal  

MS17 (5/19/1918)   Director: F. Richard Jones; cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Ben Turpin (After a Wife), Charles Lynn, Polly Moran, Wayland Trask, Fanny Kelly, Al McKinnon, George Jeske, Glen Cavender, Abdul Maljan, Teddy, Pat Kelly, Billy Gilbert, Eva Thatcher, Hal Haig Prieste

• Love Loops the Loop  

MS18 (6/2/1918)  (MOMA)   Director: Walter Wright; cam: Fred Jackman & Hans Koenekamp

Charlie Murray, Mary Thurman, Wayland Trask, Harry Booker, Laura LaVarnie, Abdul, Paddy McQuire, Gene Rogers, Al McKinnon, Bert Gillespie, Roxanna McGowan, Phyllis Haver, Vera Steadman. Ben in small role as cafe bandleader

Two Tough Tenderfeet  

MS19 (6/16/1918)   Director: F. Richard Jones; cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Ben Turpin (a crooked tenderfoot), Charles Lynn (his pal), Polly Moran (the sheriff of Crooked Bend), Bert Roach (owns the town & wants to own the sheriff), Laura LaVarnie (the sheriff’s mother), Jack Cooper, Wayland Trask, Hank Mann, Paddy McQuire, Roxanna McGowan, Billy Gilbert, Ed  Kennedy

Her Screen Idol  

MS20 (7/1/18)   Director: Eddie Cline; cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Jack Cooper, Glen Cavender, Edgar Kennedy, Gene Rogers, Marvel Rea, Laura LaVarnie, Roxanna McGowan, Marie Prevost, Teddy, (Ben Turpin?)

 

 

She Loved Him Plenty  

MS23 (8/11/1918)   Dir: F. Richard Jones; cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Ben Turpin (A Fickle Youth), Charles Lynn, Polly Moran, Marie Prevost, Edgar Kennedy, Al McKinnon, Gonda Durand, Harriet Hammond, Phyllis Haver, Pat Kelly, Roxanna McGowan, Eva Thatcher, George Gray

 

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It’s A Cinch  

(c9/10/1918 Liberty Loan Special)   Director? - one reel 

Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin, Ben Turpin (selling bonds), Charlie Lynn, Phyllis Haver, Tom Kennedy, Pat Kelly, Mal St. Clair, Dave Anderson 

 

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Charles Lynn, Marie Prevost, Tom Kennedy, Turpin, and others in Sleuths!

 

 

 

 

Sleuths!  

MS26 (9/22/18)   Dir: F. Richard Jones; cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood 

Ben Turpin (Eagle Eye Jack, Detective), Charles Lynn, Marie Prevost, Tom Kennedy, Chester Conklin, Bert Roach, Al McKinnon, Eva Thatcher, Pat Kelly 

Whose Little Wife Are You?  

MS28 (11/17/1918)   Dir: Eddie Cline; cam: Fred & Floyd Jackman

Charlie Murray, Eva Thatcher, Joseph “Baldy” Belmont, Alice Lake, Wayland Trask, Mary Thurman, Paddy McQuire, Tom Kennedy, Teddy, Pepper, Harriet Hammond, Phyllis Haver, Laura LaVarnie, Marie Prevost, Vera Steadman; Ben & Charles Lynn in a surprise appearance, floating on raft thru Murray’s flooded pharmacy.

Tom Kennedy, Marie Prevost, Charlie and Ben, Hide and Seek, Detectives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hide and Seek, Detectives

MS31 (12/15/1918)   Dir: Eddie Cline;  cam: Fred Jackman and Phil Whitman

Ben Turpin (A Detective), Charles Lynn, Marie Prevost, Gene Rogers, Tom Kennedy, Al McKinnon, Paddy McQuire, Charles Murray

MPW: It is not expected that the ingenuity and fun-making ability of Sennett will always flow in a torrent, though the font has seemed inexhaustible at times, but he manages to introduce some new features in each release, even if compelled to rely on older situations for his rough and tumble style of production. A farcical presentation of Turpin and Lynn as detectives, very swift in action, but lacking in true humorous situations. Exaggeration that it is, there is some humor, and it is to be hoped that the human element, that of characterization, will broaden in future releases. There is not enough of it, and almost too much activity by trick work with the camera for a modern audience. There is, however, plenty of material in the farce for good laughs. 

 

 

 

Cupid's Day Off

MS35 (1/12/19)   Director: Eddie Cline; cam: Fred Jackman & Hans Koenekamp

Ben Turpin & Charles Lynn (A Couple of Shoe Men), Alice Lake, Tom Kennedy, Eva Thatcher, Bothwell Browne, Bert Roach, Hughie Mack, Abdul Maljan, Harriet Hammond

• East Lynne with Variations  

MS37 (2/23/19)  (EYE)   Director: Eddie Cline  

Ben Turpin (A Matinee Idol), Charles Lynn (the villian), Marie Prevost (the girl), Tom Kennedy, Bobby Dunn, Alice Lake, Bert Roach, Ford Sterling, Marvel Rea, Billy Armstrong, James Finlayson

• The Village Smithy  

MS38 (3/9/19)  (Filmoteca Espanola)   Director: F. Richard Jones; cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin, James Finlayson, Kalla Pasha, Paddy McQuire, Billy Armstrong, Al McKinnon, Fanny Kelly, Ben Turpin (cameo)  

 

 

The Foolish Age with Phyllis Haver, Jim Finlayson, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin, Turpin, Charlie Lynn, Paddy McQuire, Garry O'Dell

 

The Foolish Age  

MS42 (4/13/19)   Director: F. Richard Jones; cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin, James Finlayson, Phyllis Haver, Kalla Pasha, Paddy McQuire, Garry Odell. Ben Turpin & Charles Lynn in a small role as a couple sour musicians.

Ben, Marie Prevost, and Charlie Lynn in When Love is Blind

 

When Love Is Blind  

MS40 (5/11/19)   Director: Eddie Cline; cam: Fred Jackman & Phil Whitman

Ben Turpin & Charles Lynn (Men About Town), Alfred McKinnon (a detective), Marvel Rea (his wife), Phyllis Haver (a blonde), Marie Prevost (a brunette), Erle C. Kenton, Gene Rogers, Kalla Pasha, John Rand, Charlie Murray, Pepper

Love’s False Faces  

MS41 (5/25/19)   Director: F. Richard Jones; cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Chester Conklin, Marie Prevost, James Finlayson, Kalla Pasha, Billy Armstrong, Charlotte Mineau, Edgar Kennedy, Eddie Gribbon. Ben & Charles Lynn in a small role as a couple of free-loading drinkers.

No Mother to Guide Him

MS45 (6/8/19 or 6/22/19)   Dir: Erle Kenton & Mal St. Clair; cam: Fred Jackman & Hans Koenekamp

Ben Turpin (A Happy Married Man), Myrtle Lind (his wife), Charles Lynn (the other man), Baldy Belmont (a true friend), Isabelle Keep, Billy Armstrong, Fanny Kelly, Edgar Kennedy

Trying to Get Along  

MS46 (7/6/19)   Dir: F. Richard Jones; cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Charlie Murray, Charlotte Mineau, Kalla Pasha, James Finlayson, Fanny Kelly, Ford Sterling, Eva Thatcher, Eddie Gribbon, Baldy Belmont, Harriet Hammond, Teddy, Harry Gribbon, Isabelle Keep, Kathryn McGuire, Gladys Whitfield. Turpin & Charlie Lynn in a small role as a couple of diners

MACK SENNETT for SOL LESSER

Yankee Doodle in Berlin with (L to R): Garry O'Dell, John Rand, Mal St. Clair, Turpin, Ford Sterling, Charlie Lynn, Bert Roach, Harriet Hammond, Baldy Belmont, and all eyes on Bothwell Browne in drag

 

 

• Yankee Doodle in Berlin

#31 (7/28/19)  Five reels   Director: F. Richard Jones 

Bothwell Browne, Ford Sterling, Marie Prevost, Mal St. Clair, Bert Roach, Ben Turpin (German Soldier), Charlie Murray, Chester Conklin, Edgar Kennedy, Kalla Pasha, Frank Hayes, Joseph Belmont, Fanny Kelly, Eva Thatcher, Wayland Trask, Al McKinnon, Jim Finlayson, Charles Lynn (wt: The Kaiser’s Last Squeal)

MACK SENNETT-PARAMOUNT

 (continued, two reels each unless noted):

Treating ‘em Rough  

MS49? (8/3/19)   Dir: Fred Jackman; cam: Fred & George Jackman

Louise Fazenda, Baldy Belmont, Pat Kelly, Edgar Kennedy, Billy Bevan, Ford Sterling, Jack Ackroyd, Jimmy Finlayson. Ben Turpin cameo as a drunk

 

 

Charlie Murray as The Dentist, with Marie Prevost, Ben, (unidentified), and Garry Odell

 

• The Dentist  

MS50? (8/17/19)  (Filmarchiv Austria)   Dir: F. Richard Jones;  cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Charlie Murray (the dentist), Charlotte Mineau (his wife), Eddie Gribbon, Kalla Pasha (her disreputable brothers), James Finlayson (a real estate agent), Marie Prevost (his stenographer), Fanny Kelly (his wife), Hughie Mack, Baldy Belmont, Phyllis Haver, Pat Kelly, Garry Odell, Pepper the cat. Turpin cameo as an eccentric dental patient

Uncle Tom Without a Cabin  

MS48 (8/31/19)   Dir: Ray Hunt;  cam: Fred Jackman & Perry Evans

Ben Turpin (A man of many parts), Charles Conklin (the villian), Marie Prevost (the leading lady), Ford Sterling (a compli-mentary audience), Eva Thatcher (a critic), James Finlayson (a stage-door Johnnie), Teddy (a bloodhound), Billy Bevan, Eddie Gribbon, Kalla Pasha, John Rand, Isabelle Keep, Kathryn McGuire, Dave Anderson, Gladys Whitfield

• Up in Alf’s Place  

MS53 (10/12/19)  (UCLA)   Dir: F. Richard Jones;  cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Charlie Murray, Harriet Hammond, Charlotte Mineau, Kalla Pasha, Jim Finlayson, Fanny Kelly, Billy Armstrong, Gordon Lewis, Marvin Lobach, John Rand, Grover Ligon, Edgar Kennedy, Dave Anderson, Mildred June, Thelma Hill, Kathryn McGuire

Salome Vs Shenandoah with Heine Conklin, Ben, Pat Kelly, Phyllis Haver

 

• Salome vs. Shenandoah  

MS54 (10/26/19) (Filmoteca Espanola, Madrid);  Directors: Erle Kenton & Ray Grey

Ben Turpin (John the Baptist and A Confederate Spy), Charlie Lynn, Phyllis Haver, Charlie Murray, Marie Prevost, Eddie Gribbon, Ford Sterling, Eva Thatcher, Harry Gribbon, Billy Bevan, Al Cooke, Elva Diltz, Fanny Kelly, Alice Maison, Kathryn McGuire, Bert Roach, Charles Murray, Annette DeGandis, Sibye Trevilla, Gladys Whitfield

A Lady’s Tailor   

MS51 (12/7/19)   Directors: Erle Kenton & Ray Grey;  cam: Fred Jackman & Vic Scheurich

Ford Sterling, Bert Roach, Harriet Hammond, Eva Thatcher, Billy Bevan, Kathryn McGuire, Phyllis Haver, John Rand, Myrtle Lind, Ben Turpin cameo

The Speak-Easy  

MS58 (12/21/19)  Dir: F. Richard Jones;  cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood

Charlie Murray, Fanny Kelly, Marie Prevost, Eddie Gribbon, Garry O'Dell, Pat Kelly, Baldy Belmont, Al Cooke, James Finlayson, Bert Roach, George O’Hara, Ben Turpin cameo as a drunk in speak-easy

The Star Boarder with Bert Roach, Turpin, and Harriet Hammond

The Star Boarder   

MS59 (1/4/20)   Director: James Davis;  cam: Fred Jackman & Perry Evans

Louise Fazenda (a kitchen slavey), Billy Armstrong (a gentleman crook), Bert Roach (a boarding housekeeper/barber), Harriet Hammond (a manicurist/Bert’s wife), John Henry, Jr. (their baby), Billy Bevan (Armstrong’s accomplice), Baldy Belmont (Louise’s sweetheart), Teddy, Marvin Loback, Kalla Pasha. Ben cameo as cigar salesman/customer in barbershop

MACK SENNETT for UNITED ARTISTS

 

Down on the Farm behind the scenes with Turpin, Eddie Gribbon, Kalla Pasha, and the Sennett girls

 

• Down on the Farm 

#56 (4/25/20) 5 reels;   Directors: Erle Kenton & Ray Grey;  cam: Fred Jackman, Perry Evans & Victor Scheurich

Louise Fazenda, Harry Gribbon, James Finlayson, Bert Roach, Marie Prevost, Billy Armstrong, John Henry, Jr., Ben Turpin (as Marie’s husband), Eva Thatcher, Phyllis Haver, Mildred June, Harriet Hammond, Teddy, Pepper, Baldy Belmont, Elva Diltz, Fanny Kelly, Pat Kelly, Charles Murray, Kalla Pasha, Virginia Fox, Kathryn McGuire, Jane Allen, Thelma Bates

 

MACK SENNETT for FIRST NATIONAL

 

Married Life with Turpin, Phyllis Haver, Jim Finlayson, and Heine Conklin

 

 

 

 

 

• Married Life 

#57 (6/15/20) Five reels   Directors: Erle Kenton, Reggie Morris & Ray Griffith;  camera: Fred Jackman

Ben Turpin (Rodney St. Clair, A Man’s Man), Phyllis Haver, James Finlayson, Heinie Conklin, Ford Sterling, Charlotte Mineau, Kalla Pasha, Charlie Murray, Louise Fazenda, Baldy Belmont, Billy Bevan, Al Cooke, Eddie Gribbon, John Henry, Jr, Harriet Hammond, Pat Kelly, Bert Roach, Eva Thatcher. Some footage extant.

MACK SENNETT-PARAMOUNT (continued)

You Wouldn’t Believe It!    

MS64? (6/27/20)   Dir: Erle Kenton;  cam: Fred Jackman & Victor Scheurich

Heinie Conklin, Marie Prevost, Bert Roach, James Finlayson, Charlotte Mineau, Eddie Gribbon, (Ben Turpin?)

• The Quack Doctor   

MS67 (7/4/20)   Dirs: George Gray & Billy Bevan;  cam: Fred Jackman & Perry Evans

Louise Fazenda, Billy Bevan, Gordon Lewis, Gladys Ballard, Dave Anderson, Kalla Pasha, Billy Armstrong, John Henry Jr., Fanny Kelly. Ben Turpin cameo as Justice of the Peace

MACK SENNETT for FIRST NATIONAL

 

 

• A Small Town Idol

#75 (2/20/21)  Six reels (originally scheduled for release 1/16/21)

Director: Erle C. Kenton;  story: Ray Griffith & John Grey;  continuity: Tom Regan

camera: Fred Jackman, Perry Evans, & Ernie Crockett;  editor: Allen McNeil;  costumes: Violet Schofield

Ben Turpin, Phyllis Haver, Marie Prevost, Charlie Murray, James Finlayson, Dot Farley, Bert Roach, Billy Bevan, George O’Hara, Lige Conley, Kalla Pasha, Eddie Gribbon, Charles “Heine” Conklin, Al Cooke, Fanny Kelly, Pat Kelly, Bud Ross, Andy Clyde, Gordon Lewis, John Rand, Gary Odell, Harriet Hammond, Mildred June, Marvin Lobach, Kewpie Morgan, Ramon Novarro, Derelys Perdue, Gladys Whitfield. Re-released in 1930 and again by Vitaphone in 1939 in two reels

ASSOCIATED PRODUCERS-FIRST NATIONAL  

(Two reels each unless noted)

• She Sighed by the Seaside  

MS69 (5/22/21)  (Lobster Films, France)   Director: Erle C. Kenton;  cam: Fred Jackman, C.G. Crane & Victor Scheurich

Ben Turpin (A Saver of Lifes), Marie Prevost, James Finlayson, Heinie Conklin, Bert Roach, Charlotte Mineau, Tiny Ward, Lige Conley, Jack Ackroyd, Al Cooke, Jane Allen, Thelma Bates, Elva Diltz, Virginia Fox, Isabelle Keep, Kathryn McGuire, Gladys Whitfield, Irene Tiver

 

 

Home Talent  with James Finlayson, Eddie Gribbon, Ben, and Kalla Pasha

 

• Home Talent  

#91 (6/19/21)  Five reels   Director: Mack Sennett;  cam: Fred Jackman and Perry Evans 

Roman Sequences cam: James Abbe

Ben Turpin (A Stranded Actor), Phyllis Haver, Charles Murray, James Finlayson, Dot Farley, Eddie Gribbon, Kalla Pasha, Kathryn McGuire, Harriet Hammond, Billy Bevan, Joseph Belmont, Jane Allen, Virginia Fox, Mildred June, Pat Kelly, Irene Tiver. Some footage extant. (wt: Furnished Rooms)

• Love’s Outcast    

#88  (7/3/21)   Director: Raymond Griffith;  cam: Fred Jackman and Perry Evans

Ben Turpin, Dot Farley, Kathryn McGuire, James Finlayson, Billy Bevan, Mildred June, Kalla Pasha, Al Cooke, Bud Ross, Jack Richardson. Some footage extant.

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Behind the Scenes at the Mack Sennett Studios   (re cSept 1921)

“Interesting and informal glimpses of the Sennett Company, Bathing Girls, Teddy, Pepper, and Ben Turpin,” Marie Prevost, Phyllis Haver, Mildred June. A special publicity film shown during Ben Turpin's personal appearance tour at this time.

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Ben and Phyllis Haver,  Love and Doughnuts

 

 

• Love and Doughnuts    

#95 (9/15/21)   Director: Roy Del Ruth

Ben Turpin, Phyllis Haver, Billy Bevan, Mildred June, Kewpie Morgan, Franklyn Bond, Al Cooke, Billy Armstrong. Some footage extant.

 

• Molly O’  

(12/1/21)   #81   Six reels   Dir: F. Richard Jones  

Mabel Normand, George Nichols, Anna Hernandez, Albert Hackett, Jack Mulhall, Jacqueline Logan, Ben Deeley, (Turpin not in extant footage, small supposed appearance unverified)

 

 

 

• Bright Eyes  

#92 (12/24/21)   Dirs: Mal St. Clair & Roy Del Ruth;  cam: Fred Jackman & George Jackman

Ben Turpin (A Rural Romeo), Phyllis Haver, Billy Bevan, Harriet Hammond, Dot Farley, Bud Ross, George O’Hara, Gordon Lewis, Kalla Pasha, Jack Richardson, Louise Fazenda (wt: Tripped at the Altar)

 

The Border Line  

#97 (1922 never produced)

Ben Turpin, Phyllis Haver, Billy Bevan,Kewpie Morgan, Al Cooke, Franklyn Bond

Jack Richardson shouldn’t flirt with Ben’s girl, Phyllis Haver, in Step Forward

• Step Forward  

#100 (4/13/22)   Director: Gus Meins;  cam: Perry Evans & Ernie Crockett

Ben Turpin (A Motorman), Phyllis Haver, Heinie Conklin, Kewpie Morgan, George Nichols, Jack Richardson, Dorothy Vernon, Andy Clyde, Kalla Pasha, Fanny Kelly, Andy Clyde, Pat Kelly, Gordon Lewis, Joe Bordeaux (wt:The Robin’s Nest).

Home Made Movies  

#102 (7/15/22)   Directors: Ray Grey & Gus Meins;  cam: Homer Scott & Bob Walters;  editor: Allen McNeil

Ben Turpin, Phyllis Haver, Dot Farley, James Finlayson, George Cooper, Al Cooke, Andy Clyde, Cecile Evans, Joe Bordeaux. Some footage extant. (wt: The Frozen Trail)

ALLIED PRODUCERS & DISTRIBUTORS

Kathryn McGuire with The Shriek of Araby

 

• The Shriek of Araby   

#108 (4/24/23)  Five reels   Director: F. Richard Jones;  camera: Homer Scott & Bob Walters

editor: Allen McNeil;  story: John Grey

Ben Turpin (The Shriek), Kathryn McGuire, Ray Grey, George Cooper, Louis Fronde, Charles Stevenson, Dick Sutherland, Walter Perry, Kewpie Morgan, Marion Nixon  (wt: The Shriek)

MACK SENNETT for PATHE  (Two Reels each)

Where’s My Wandering Boy This Evening? with Madeline Hurlock, Ben, Jimmy Finlayson, and Billy Armstrong

 

Where’s My Wandering Boy This Evening? 

#113 (7/8/23)  Director: J.A. Waldron; cam: Blake Wagner & Ernie Crockett; ed: 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 (wt: Deserted at the Church)

Ben, Mack Swain, Madeline Hurlock in Pitfalls of a Big City

 

• Pitfalls of a Big City  

#114 (9/2/23)   Director: John A. Waldron;  cam: Blake Wagner & Ernie Crockett;  Supv: F. Richard Jones

Ben Turpin, Pricilla Bonner, Dot Farley, Madeline Hurlock, Jimmy Finlayson, Mack Swain, Bud Ross, Billy Bevan, Billy Armstrong, Andy Clyde, Kewpie Morgan. Short clip extant. Herman Raymaker was supposed to direct

Asleep at the Switch with (seated) Bud Ross, Madeline Hurlock,
Ben and, in back, Billy Armstrong with Horace 'Kewpie' Morgan

 

• Asleep at the Switch  

#116 (10/14/23)   Director: Roy Del Ruth;  cam: Ernie Crockett & Bob Walters;  ed: Ray Enright;  Supv: F. Richard Jones

Ben Turpin, Kewpie Morgan, Madeline Hurlock, Bud Ross, Billy Armstrong, Fanny Kelly, Cameo (the dog), Cecile Evans, Margaret Cloud, Andy Clyde, Gordon Lewis. Clip used in Robert Youngson’s Days of Thrills and Laughter.

• The Dare-Devil  

#118 (11/25/23) Director: Del Lord; cam: Blake Wagner; story: Al Martin; Supv: F. Richard Jones

Ben Turpin (Joe Magee), Irene Lentz, Harry Gribbon, Kewpie Morgan, Jack Richardson, Madeline Hurlock, Arthur Rowlands, Gordon Lewis, Bob Wagner. (wt: The Stunt Man)

Menaced by Fred Spencer in Ten Dollars or Ten Days

 

• Ten Dollars or Ten Days  

#120 (1/6/24)   Director: Del Lord;  cam: Blake Wagner;  spec cam: Ernie Crockett;

titles: J.A. Waldron; Supv: F. Richard Jones

Ben Turpin (A Soda Jerk), Irene Lentz, Harry Gribbon, Bud Ross, Louise Carver, Silas Wilcox, Ernie Adams, Billy Gilbert, Fred Spencer. Filmed in August 1923. Clip used in Robert Youngson’s The Golden Age of Comedy. (wt: Sidetracked)

 

• The Hollywood Kid  

#117 and/or #133 (3/30/24)   Director: Roy Del Ruth;  cam: Bob Ladd & E.B. DuPar;  spec cam: Ernie Crockett

ed: Wm. Hornbeck;  titles: J.A. Waldron;  Supv: F. Richard Jones 

Jackie Lucas, Charlie Murray, Louise Carver, Vernon Dent, Andy Clyde, Jack Cooper, Madeline Hurlock, Bud Ross, Ray Grey, Alice Belcher, Cameo (the dog), Billy Bevan, Elsie Tarron, Sunshine Hart, Cecile Evans, Thelma Hill, Marvin Lobach, Margaret Cloud, Evelyn Francisco, Gladys Tennyson, Dorothy Dore, Billy (the chimp), Ben Turpin cameo 

• Yukon Jake  

#128 (6/6/24)   Director: Del Lord;  cam: Ernie Crockett & George Spear;  ed: Wm Hornbeck
titles: J.A. Waldron;  Supv: F. Richard Jones

Ben Turpin (Sheriff Cyclone Bill), Natalie Kingston, Kalla Pasha, Jack Richardson, Leo Sulky, Bud Ross, Eli Stanton, Thelma Hill, Lois Boyd, Tiny Ward, Gladys Tennyson, Fanny Kelly, Elsie Tarron, Joe Young, Hazel Williams. Clip used in Robert Youngson’s When Comedy Was King. (wt: North of ‘57)

 

• Romeo and Juliet 

#140 (8/3/24) (EYE) Directors: Harry Sweet & Reggie Morris; cam: George Crocker & George Unholz

spec cam: Ernie Crockett;  ed: Wm Hornbeck;  titles: J.A. Waldron;  Supv: F. Richard Jones

Ben Turpin, Alice Day, Natalie Kingston, Vernon Dent, Jack Curtis, Billy Bevan, Fanny Kelly, Sunshine Hart, Andy Clyde, Dot Farley, Leo Sulky, Louise Carver, Marvin Lobach

 

 

• Three Foolish Weeks  

#144 (9/14/24)   Directors: Reggie Morris & Ed Kennedy;  cam: Billy Williams & Leland Davis

spec cam: Ernie Crockett;  ed: Wm Hornbeck;  Supv: F. Richard Jones

Ben Turpin, Madeline Hurlock, Christian J. Frank, Judy King, William Lowery, Billy Bevan, Tiny Ward, Jack Duffy, Fanny Kelly, Eli Stanton. (wt: Three and a Half Weeks)

• The Reel Virginian 

#148 (10/26/24)   Directors: Reggie Morris & Ed Kennedy;  cam: George Crocker & Bob Ladd

spec cam: Ernie Crockett;  ed: Wm Hornbeck;  titles: J.A. Waldron;  Supv: F. Richard Jones

Ben Turpin (Sheriff Rodney St. Clair), Alice Day, Christian J. Frank, Sam Allen, Fred KoVert, Alice Belcher, Coy Watson
(wt: A West Virginian)

• The Wild Goose Chaser  

#166 (1/18/25)   Director: Lloyd Bacon;   cam: George Crocker & Sam Moran  story: Frank Capra;

titles: Felix Adler & A.H. Giebler;  spec cam: Ernie Crockett;  ed: Wm Hornbeck;  Supervised by: J.A. Waldron

Ben Turpin (Rodney St. Clair), Trilby Clark, Jack Cooper, Eugenia Gilbert, Leo Sulky, Blanche Payson, Evelyn Francisco, Barney Hellum, Louise Carver, Thelma Hill (wt: Hello Baby)

• A Raspberry Romance 

#161 (3/1/25)  (EYE)  Director: Lloyd Bacon; cam: George Crocker & Sam Moran; story: Jefferson Moffitt & Hal Yates  

titles: Felix Adler & A.H. Giebler; spec cam: Ernie Crockett; ed: Wm Hornbeck; Supv: J.A. Waldron

Ben Turpin (Rodney St. Clair), Blanche Payson, Jack Cooper, Madeline Hurlock, Thelma Parr, Leo Sulky, Barney Hellum, William McCall, Silas Wilcox, Alice Belcher, Irving Bacon, Evelyn Francisco, Thelma Hill, Eli Stanton, Evelyn Sherman

• The Marriage Circus  

#155 (4/12/25)  (MOMA)   Directors: Reggie Morris & Ed Kennedy;  cam: George Spear & Leland Davis

story: Vernon Smith & Frank Capra;  titles: Felix Adler & A.H. Giebler

spec cam: Ernie Crockett;  ed: Wm Hornbeck;  Supv: J.A. Waldron

Ben Turpin, Madeline Hurlock, Louise Carver, Christian J. Frank, Sunshine Hart, Ford West, Bud Ross, Pat Kelly, Andre Bailey, Claire Cushman, Thelma Hill, Evelyn Sherman, Heinie Conklin (wt: Monsieur Don’t Care)

The Squawk Man    

#173? (1925 never produced)  story: Al Martin.  A parody of The Covered Wagon intended for production after completion of The Wild Goose Chaser but never realized due to Turpin’s sudden retirement

 

Blanche Payson and some lovely ladies in When A Man’s A Prince

 

• When a Man’s a Prince  

#220 (8/15/26)   Director: Eddie Cline;  camera: Vernon Walker

story: Vernon Smith, Clarence Hennecke, Harry McCoy, Jefferson Moffit, George Green

special camera: Ernie Crockett;  editor: Wm Hornbeck;  titles: A.H. Giebler & Reed Heustis;  Supv: J.A. Waldron

Turpin’s return to Sennett starring Madeline Hurlock, Blanche Payson, Danny O’Shea, Dave Morris, George Gray, Bud Ross, Sunshine Hart, Leo Sulky, James Donnelly, Arthur Rowlands

• A Prodigal Bridegroom  

#236 (9/26/26)   Director: Lloyd Bacon;  cam: Earl Stafford;  spec cam: K.G. MacLean

story: Jefferson Moffitt, Clarence Hennecke, Harry McCoy;  ed: Wm Hornbeck;  Supv: J.A. Waldron

Ben Turpin (Rodney St. Clair), Thelma Hill, Madeline Hurlock, Andy Clyde, William McCall, Irving Bacon, Louise Carver, Marvin Lobach, Dave Morris, Vernon Dent, Patsy O’Byrne, Barney Hellum, Joe Young. Clip used in Robert Youngson’s The Golden Age of Comedy.

• A Harem Knight   

#243 (11/7/26)   Dir: Gil Pratt; camera: Harry Fowler & Wallace Fish; spec cam: K.G. MacLean;

ed: Wm Hornbeck; Supv: J.A. Waldron

Ben Turpin (Rodney St. Clair), Madeline Hurlock, Danny O’Shea, Andy Clyde, Marvin Loback, Dave Morris, Arthur Rowlands, Louise Carver, Joe Young, George Gray, Billy Gilbert, Irving Bacon, Barney Hellum. Clip used in Youngson’s The Golden Age of Comedy.

 

A Blonde’s Revenge with Billy Gilbert, Vernon Dent, and Barbara Tennant

 

• A Blonde’s Revenge  

#256 (12/19/26)   Dir: Del Lord(?);  story: P. Whitman, H. McCoy, J. Moffitt;  Supv: J.A. Waldron 

Ben Turpin (Gerald Montague, a Live Politician), Ruth Taylor, Vernon Dent, Johnny Burke, Alice Belcher, Barbara Tennant, Barney Hellum, Irving Bacon, Mary Ann Jackson, Thelma Parr, Dave Morris, William McCall, Alma Bennett, Mary Mabery, Johnny Burke, Arthur Rowlands

 

• A Hollywood Hero  

#264 (12/30/26)  (Eastman House)  Director: Harry Edwards;  cam: Billy Williams; ed: Wm Hornbeck; Supv: J.A. Waldron;

story: Carl Harbaugh, Phil Whitman, Harry Edwards & George Jeske;  titles: A.H. Giebler & Jimmy Starr;  

Ben Turpin, Alma Bennett, Bud Jamison, Irving Bacon, Marvin Lobach, William McCall, Bobby Dunn, Eleanor Hibbard (wt: Montague the Magnetic)

 

• Broke in China   

#241 (4/24/27)   Dir: Eddie Cline; asst dir: Glen DeVol;  cam: Harry Fowler; spec cam: Earl Stafford; ed: Wm Hornbeck    

story: Vernon Smith, Harry McCoy, Jefferson Moffitt, and George Jeske

titles: A.H. Giebler & David Weissman;  Supervisor: J.A. Waldron

Ben Turpin (An American Sailor), Louise Carver, Alice Belcher, Donald Maines, Ruth Taylor, William McCall, Dave Morris, Andy Clyde, Joe Young, Tiny Ward, Bud Ross, Marvin Lobach

 

 

• The Pride of Pikeville   

#251 (6/5/27)   Director: Alf Goulding; assistant directors: Glen DeVol & Ray McCarey

camera: St. Elmo Boyce;  special camera: K.G. MacLean;  editor: Wm Hornbeck;  Supervisor: J.A. Waldron

story: Earle Rodney, Jefferson Moffitt, Clarence Hennecke, Phil Whitman, Harry McCoy, Grover Jones, Randall Faye and Lex Neal;  titles: A.H. Giebler

Ben Turpin (Baron Bonamo), Thelma Hill, Andy Clyde, William McCall, Stanley Blystone, Barney Hellum, Vernon Dent

• The Jolly Jilter    

#261 (3/13/27)   Director: Eddie Cline(?);  editor: Wm Hornbeck;  Supervisor: J.A. Waldron

story: Arthur Ripley, Clarence Hennecke, Grover Jones, Harry McCoy & Phil Whitman

Ben Turpin (Virgil Vancourt), Madeline Hurlock, Sunshine Hart, Alma Bennett, Billy Gilbert. Clip used in Youngson’s The Golden Age of Comedy.

Love’s Languid Lure  

#268 (8/28/27);  Director: Lige Conley;  camera: Vernon Walker;  editor: Wm Hornbeck

story: Phil Whitman, Harry McCoy, Harry Edwards, Vernon Smith and Ralph Cedar

titles: A.H. Giebler & Jimmy Starr;  Supervisor: J.A. Waldron

Ben Turpin, Peggy Montgomery, Jack Cooper, Irving Bacon, Sunshine Hart

 

 

• Daddyboy  

#276 (10/23/27);  Director: Harry Edwards;  camera: Lee Davis & Lewis Jennings

story: Phil Whitman & Jefferson Moffitt;  titles: A.H.Giebler & Jimmy Starr
editor: Wm Hornbeck;  Supervisor: J.A. Waldron

Ben Turpin, Alma Bennett, Johnny Burke, Bill Searby, Alice Ward, Monty O'Grady, Arthur Rowlands, Andy Clyde, (William McCall?). Ben’s last starring Sennett two-reeler.

 

 After ten years with Mack Sennett, Ben Turpin embarks on a career of freelancing.