Jules Mendel: Stage Star and Supporting Player at Roach
Comedian Jules Mendel (1874-1939) made all of 21 silent comedies, one in 1915, the rest between 1923 and 1926. All of them (even the early one) appear to have been made for Hal Roach. He actually stars in the first one Fun at a Ball Game (1915), directed by Roach himself, at a time when […]