Babe Ruth and Harold Lloyd in “Speedy”
Today is the birthday of Babe Ruth (for more on him and his surprising connection to vaudeville go here). And see below for his funny turn in the 1928 Harold Lloyd comedy Speedy:
To find out more about the variety arts past and present, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever nutty books are sold. And don’t miss Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, to be released by Bear Manor Media in 2013.
