Film Fun (July 1915)

COPYRIGHT, KALEM CO. MADAM DUFFY AND HER TRAINED ANIMALS. to a show the other night and saw one of our own pictures, ‘ Rushing the Lunch Counter, ’ and as I thought that there were probably a million people all over the country watching the same film, I nudged Bud and I said, “‘Want to go back to vaudeville, Bud?’ “Bud, he looked at a gray haired, tired-faced woman trying to wipe the tears of mirth out of her eyes and not miss any of the reel, and said, “ ‘Not so you could notice it! We could make a house¬ ful laugh in the old days, but we can make ’em laugh by the millions this way.’ ” “A laugh is worth more than medicine any day, you know. If we can make two laughs sprout where only one grew before, we think we have done our share.’’ American Type of Comedy Ham and Bud were christened Lloyd Hamilton and Albert Duncan. Their line is the purely American type of humor. Their teamwork began on a baseball ground years ago, when Bud, who was a Brooklyn boy, accepted an invitation to umpire a ball game. The invitation was ex¬ tended because he looked easy to lick. Ham was the Big Doings on the team that rightfully called themselves “The Terrors,” but he rescued Bud from the controversy that followed an adverse decision and stood off his fellow “Terrors” with a baseball bat. Their fun never grows stale, and they possess the faculty of always keeping their audiences amused with a constant source of new tricks. This natural, unrestrained quality in their work makes it stand out as both refreshing and distinctive. “The finest thing about the mov¬ ies is that you can watch your own work,” said Hamilton, in an inter¬ view for Film Fun. “We almost laugh over our own antics sometimes. Bud and I went COPYRIGHT KALEM CO. THE TRAINED ANIMALS QUARREL OVER LOVE AFFAIRS.