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When Comedy Was King (1960)

You Never Dreamed a Film Could Be So Funny

Genre : Drama, Comedy, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 21M

Director : Robert Youngson

Synopsis

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

Actors

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)
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie 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)
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson
edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
Ben Turpin
Ben Turpin
edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)

Crews

Robert Youngson
Robert Youngson
Director
Robert Youngson
Robert Youngson
Writer

Trailers and other movies

John Landis on WHEN COMEDY WAS KING

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