Monty Banks: Hollywood's Forgotten Comic Genius (Silent) (MOD) (DVD Movie) King Kong Escapes the spirited gypsy whose kindness

the spirited gypsy whose kindness awakens the ill-fated hunchback's higher nature

they never seem able to express their true feelings for each other

Why after 40 years has the Atticus legacy been all but eradicated from the annals of horror film history

she is arrested and tried for murder

Jimmy Lydon and Dickie Moore try to put the antisocial hothead in his place

Monty Banks: Hollywood's Forgotten Comic Genius (Silent) (MOD) (DVD Movie) King Kong Escapes the spirited gypsy whose kindnessMonty Banks (1897 1950) was born Mario Bianchi, in the city of Cesena in northern Italy. The short, stocky Mario came to America in 1914. After a stint as a dancer in New York, he started picking up acting jobs first with Mack Sennett, then Fatty Arbuckle. Mario usually played cads, leading Arbuckle to comment "You can't play another 'montebank' with a difficult name like Bianchi!" Thus, the nom de guerre "Monty Banks" was born. Soon, Monty was