LLoyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema

In the San Francisco Examiner, Thomas Gladysz talks about the recently released biography of silent-film comedian Lloyd Hamilton:
"Chances are, if you’re a fan of early film or early comedic actors, you’re only dimly aware of Lloyd Hamilton. Though he was never as popular as his silent film contemporaries Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Charley Chase, he was admired and even praised by those same greats. Some have called Hamilton a ‘comedian’s comedian.’ And pretty much everyone who has seen his films agrees he was an original talent.
"The reputation of Lloyd Hamilton – a once popular baby-faced comic with a trademark checkered cap – has not fared well since his death at the age [...]

by Andre Soares | October 9, 2009   
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