Ben Blue (September 12, 1901 â€" March 7, 1975), was a
Canadian-American actor and comedian.He was born Benjamin Bernstein in
Montreal, Quebec on September 12, 1901 to David Asher Bernstein and
Sadie Goldberg. He was Jewish.Blue emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland at
the age of nine, where he won a contest for the best impersonation of
Charlie Chaplin. At the age of fifteen he was in a touring company and
later became a stage manager and assistant general manager. He became
a dance instructor and nightclub proprietor. In the 1920s Blue joined
a popular orchestra, Jack White and His Montrealers. The entire band
emphasized comedy, and would continually interact with the
joke-cracking maestro. Blue, the drummer, would sometimes deliver
corny jokes while wearing a ridiculously false beard. The band
emigrated to the United States, and appeared in two early sound
musicals â€" the Vitaphone short subject Jack White and His
Montrealers and Universal's feature-length 2-strip Technicolor revue
King of Jazz (1930).In 1930, Blue toured with the "Earl Carroll
Vanities".
Canadian-American actor and comedian.He was born Benjamin Bernstein in
Montreal, Quebec on September 12, 1901 to David Asher Bernstein and
Sadie Goldberg. He was Jewish.Blue emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland at
the age of nine, where he won a contest for the best impersonation of
Charlie Chaplin. At the age of fifteen he was in a touring company and
later became a stage manager and assistant general manager. He became
a dance instructor and nightclub proprietor. In the 1920s Blue joined
a popular orchestra, Jack White and His Montrealers. The entire band
emphasized comedy, and would continually interact with the
joke-cracking maestro. Blue, the drummer, would sometimes deliver
corny jokes while wearing a ridiculously false beard. The band
emigrated to the United States, and appeared in two early sound
musicals â€" the Vitaphone short subject Jack White and His
Montrealers and Universal's feature-length 2-strip Technicolor revue
King of Jazz (1930).In 1930, Blue toured with the "Earl Carroll
Vanities".
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