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SKIDS AND SCALAWAGS

Directed by Larry Semon
United States, 1918
Comedy, Short

Synopsis

Larry Semon (1889-1928) was hired in 1916 by the Vitagraph Company as a scenario writer and assistant director and soon started to act in films he also wrote and directed. His clownish, beak-nosed slapstick character – known in Italy as Ridolini and in France as Zigoto – became wildly popular…

Synopsis

Larry Semon (1889-1928) was hired in 1916 by the Vitagraph Company as a scenario writer and assistant director and soon started to act in films he also wrote and directed. His clownish, beak-nosed slapstick character – known in Italy as Ridolini and in France as Zigoto – became wildly popular…