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Bert Lahr – photos and quotes

“After The Wizard of Oz, I was typecast as a lion, and there aren’t all that many parts for lions.” — Bert Lahr […]

“You can’t be funny without a funny situation. Give an ordinary player funny lines and a ludicrous situation and he or she […]

“I’ve been in this game long enough to realize there’s no such thing as a new quip….The object is to make a […]

“Diction! Say! That’s the thing that’s ruined more stars than made ’em. Diction! That’s what’s wrong with half the old-timers. They started […]

“The working class people like to think of us as being a real part of them. The middle class enjoys our work […]

Silent film comedian Sidney Smith (often billed as Sid Smith) reads the Los Angeles Evening Herald while being groomed in a shabby, […]

“I always think of blondes as soft and pliable, ready to cling to the nearest male for support and protection, just waiting […]

“Day after day we look through incoming manuscripts for the germ….The germ of an idea. In our two years of producing one […]

“I am here again, sadder myself, but, I believe, more capable to make others laugh. It has been a terrible experience I […]

“I was born at La Crosse, Wisconsin, but moved early to Texas, where dad was engaged in the cattle business. After his […]