Lucille Carlisle was born Ida Lucille White in Galesburg, Illinois. After her father abandoned the family her mother opened a boarding house in Spokane, Washington. At the age of sixteen Lucille was briefly married. Soon after she she won a beauty contest organized by Photoplay Magazine. She moved to New York City and began her career on Broadway as Lucille Zintheo. Later she changed her stage name Lucille Carlisle. In 1918 she was signed by Vitagraph Pictures and was cast in the Larry Semon comedy Boodle and Bandits. Larry and Lucille would make more than a twenty movies together including The Simple Life and A Pair of Kings. They became a popular onscreen team while off screen they had a tempestuous romance. Lucille was unhappy with the shape of her nose and underwent numerous plastic surgeries. In 1922 she and Larry were secretly married. Later that year Lucille suffered a nervous breakdown. She recovered but her marriage to Larry ended in divorce. In 1923 she auditioned for the lead in The Hunchback of Notre Dame but Patsy Ruth Miller got the part. Lucille developed a drinking problem and was often under a doctor's care for her nerves. She decided to stop acting and married businessman Leland H. Millikin in 1930. Lucille, who never had children, adopted her niece when her sister was unable to raise her. During World War 2 she made several radio appearances. Lucille died on October 19, 1958 due to a liver disorder. She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in ...
Larry's absurdly plush life of ease as a convict comes to an end when his sentence is up. Tossed out, he tries several ways, including a stickup to get back in the comfortable jail. Exchanging clothes with a lookalike escaped prisoner, he goes back, only to find ... (more)
Larry's absurdly plush life of ease as a convict comes to an end when his sentence is up. Tossed out, he tries several ways, including a stickup to get back in the comfortable jail. Exchanging clothes with a lookalike escaped prisoner, he goes back, only to find ... (more)
A Pair of Kings is a 1922 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy. (more)
A Pair of Kings is a 1922 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy. (more)
A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll. (more)
A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll. (more)
Larry going investigating an Oriental opium den. And opium is to Larry what spinach is for Popeye! (more)
Larry going investigating an Oriental opium den. And opium is to Larry what spinach is for Popeye! (more)
Larry Semon goes out west. (more)
Big Ben has the largest store in the town of New Ralgia. His chief clerk is in love with the post mistress. The three of them get involved in a series of mishaps with their customers and with the town ladies' man, whose advances conceal a more sinister purpose. (more)
Big Ben has the largest store in the town of New Ralgia. His chief clerk is in love with the post mistress. The three of them get involved in a series of mishaps with their customers and with the town ladies' man, whose advances conceal a more sinister purpose. (more)
Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up. (more)
Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up. (more)
Larry working behind the scenes at a vaudeville show and mess things up. (more)
Larry working behind the scenes at a vaudeville show and mess things up. (more)
The Simple Life is a silent comedy short. (more)
Larry has to fight off a bunch of crooks who are after his bag of jewels. (more)
Larry has to fight off a bunch of crooks who are after his bag of jewels. (more)
Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes. (more)
Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes. (more)