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Here's one of Snub Pollard's moustacheless comedies, produced by Hal Roach, released by Pathe' December 19, 1920:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rrT3tNrmTo&list


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Even though this is a fine, fast paced short, Snub seems to lose his comic identity without the mustache.

Gary Johnson wrote:Even though this is a fine, fast paced short, Snub seems to lose his comic identity without the mustache.

Indeed, and they found that out after experimenting with a handful of these at Roach, his face just disappears, maybe that's why he was such a successful extra all those years later on.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

The only time I recognized him was the medium close-up when Snub pokes his head out of the top of the car to try on hats. Then I could see his arched brows and droopy eyes.