BIOGRAPHY OF STARS
ARTHUR LAKE OF "BLONDIE" SERIES Playing the part of Dagwood Bumstead has become second nature to Arthur Lake, who has lost count of the number of times he has portrayed Chic Young's popular comic strip character in
Columbia s senes oi "tuoiiaie yu.tures. He will soon commence his tenth year of acting "Dagwood" to Penny Singleton's "Blondie." Latest of the series is "Blcndie's^ Big Moment." Though Lake has. a fine background for appreciating the nuances of eomedy, he maintains that to this day he doesn't really know what makes people laugh. The soii of Arthur Silv,erlake and Edith Goodwin, both professional entertainers, the youngster was introduced to show business at the age of three. As a boy, Arthur made his motion picture debut in
1924 in a silent Western starring Franklyn Farnum. Later, he became a child fixture in the "Sweet Sixteen" comedies. His first talking picture was in "Air Circus" in 1928, which was followed by Arthur's entrance into the "big time" — the title part in "Harold Teen." The years spent in vaudeville troupirig had given fche young actor a natural flair for eomedy which was evidenced in his "Teen" characterisation.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 April 1947, Page 7
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