Great Guns
1941
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Montague (Monty) Banks (born Mario Bianchi; 18 July 1897 – 7 January 1950) was a 20th century Italian-born American comedian, film actor, director and producer who achieved success in the United States and United Kingdom.
Monty Banks. Actor: Horse Shoes. Monty Banks was a short, stocky but somehow debonair Italian-born comic actor, later also writer and director. In the US from 1914, he first appeared on stage in musical comedy and cabaret. By 1917 he was working as a dancer in New York's Dominguez Cafe.
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- Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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- Arona, Piedmont, Italy
Monty Banks was a silent film star, writer and director of Italian origin. He worked in the US, England and Canada, and directed Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Great Guns (1941).
- July 15, 1897
- January 7, 1950
May 11, 2023 · Dave Glass is raising funds for Monty Banks - silent comedian on Kickstarter! A Blu-Ray of rare Monty Banks comedies selected from film archives around the world.
- Surrey, UK
Monty Banks was an Italian-born actor, director and producer who starred in many silent movies in Hollywood. He married Gracie Fields in 1940 and supported her during her illness and war efforts, and died in 1950.
Monty Banks was a short, stocky but somehow debonair Italian-born comic actor, later also writer and director. In the US from 1914, he first appeared on stage in musical comedy and cabaret. By 1917 he was working as a dancer in New York's Dominguez Cafe.
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Sep 16, 2019 · Monty Banks’ feature films were the culmination of years’ hard graft; his story is full of setbacks, after which he continually bounced back and reinvented himself. He was, perhaps, one of the hardest working, most resilient men in all of silent comedy.
