Since we will want to give the unvarnished truth, it is only part of the record to acknowledge Ben's regrettable association with the womanizing "Lover Boy" Lester Lorrain. The escapades of the pair drew deserved opprobrium, and only came to an end when Lorrain, caught in the act with another man's wife, was chased out of town by an angry lynch mob. Fortunately, Ben's own reputation remained un-besmirched by the incident.

Always generous and unsparing of his time when it came to young people, here Ben shows an unidentified newcomer "how it's done." Some viewers will recognize in the outfit Ben is wearing a style adopted many years later by a number of prominent rap artists.

Here shown shortly after receiving a knighthood from the one-time King of England George V (or some other such personage of note.) A grateful metropolis of London even went so far as to name their famous clock after the Hollywood hero. It was on that same occasion that in reaction to a group of people protesting public apathy that Ben gave his celebrated retort, "Who cares?" ~ much to the delight of onlookers.

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