Ben Turpin mostly retired when sound film became the dominant form. But if there is one good thing about Ben's voice that would have helped in a sound film career was that he sounded exactly like people imagined he would. Many silent film actors didn't sound like what people thought they did. Some romantic/swashbuckling leads had some grating or high-pitched voices that people never thought they would have had. But some actors were perfect. Laurel and Hardy sounded exactly like what people thought they would. Laurel the dimwitted Englishman with a mild southern UK accent and Hardy as the loud, childishly bossy man with a subdued southern US accent.
Chicago ain't such a bad place after all, lol. Lightfoot just lost so I guess I agree! Very young Mickey Rooney also, and a Mickey Daniels cameo, thanks!
