Nominate a Biography: the silents' quotes

Stan Laurel

"Marriage and its pitfalls seemed nevertheless to be on the boys' minds in the early part of 1928, as their next film after Their Purple Moment returned to the theme, with Should Married Men Go Home. This opened with an unusually blood-curdling title, more appropriate to Stephen King than H.M. 'Beanie' Walker: 'Question: What is the surest way to keep a husband home? Answer: Break both his legs.'" p.247-8

Stan and Ollie: the roots of comedy, by Simon Louvish, 2001.

Ivor Novello

"For displaying his profile and, it must be added, a genuine loyalty to the tosh he was putting over, he received a fee of three hundred and fifty pounds a week, a high figure which reflected his value at the box-office. An English popularity contest put him sixth in a list headed by Rudolph Valentino and including Ramon Novarro, Jackie Coogan and Harold Lloyd. He was the only British-born star to be mentioned in it. His fans were even prepared to overlook a scene in Bonnie Prince Charlie where he put on a dress and an apron as a rather fetching maid in order to make his escape with Flora MacDonald." p.52

Ivor Novello, by James Harding, 1997.