For instance, the Marx brothers were not nearly as famous in Italy as they were in anglosaxon countries, and I must say Charlie Chaplin was well liked because he did put lots of physical, down to earth laughs in movies which contained much more than that (and I suspect the Italian public of back then did not really get the much more). Now, Italy did like slapstick comedy more than other, more developed I may say, kinds of comedy. So here I am online, watching this movie off You Tube and discovering my beloved IMDb has next to nothing on this movie and other of the same actor (who was considered in the same league as "Crik e Crok" - Laurel and Hardy or "Charlot" - Charlie Chaplin). Recently I found myself using the word to my son and I got thinking "Whoever was this guy?" - the technology of this decades lets you discover things. When asked, she told me the name came from a comedian who was very famous when she was young (she was born in the mid 10s). My grandmother used to call me and my brother "Ridolini" when we did something funny as children do. And Larry Semon was called "Ridolini" (ridere is the Italian verb for "to laugh", but the nickname sounds like a family name, so that would translate to something like "Mr. American comedians used to get local names in Europe in the 20s and 30s. I recently discovered Larry Semon because he has become proverbial in Italy.
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