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When Comedy Was King

When Comedy Was King (1960)

Documentary | 81 minutes
3,00 3 votes

Genre: Documentary / Comedy

Duration: 81 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Robert Youngson

Stars: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Gloria Swanson

IMDb score: 7,4 (378)

Releasedate: 29 March 1960

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When Comedy Was King plot

"You Never Dreamed a Film Could Be So Funny"

Director Youngson's ode to what's called 'The Golden Age of Silent Comedy'. Big comedic stars like Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, etc. who created a furore under the wings of the two major comedy studios: Mack Sennett and Hal Roach. We see fragments of their famous films and narrator Dwight Weist reminisces about the history of these slapstick films.

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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)

Wallace Beery Wallace Beery

Edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)

Charles Chaplin Charles Chaplin

Edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)

Charley Chase Charley Chase

Edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)

Buster Keaton Buster Keaton

Edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)

Edgar Kennedy Edgar Kennedy

Edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)

Harry Langdon Harry Langdon

Edited from 'The First 100 Years'

Stan Laurel Stan Laurel

Edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy Oliver Hardy

Edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)

Mabel Normand Mabel Normand

Edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)

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John Landis on WHEN COMEDY WAS KING

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