When Comedy Was King

Documentary 1960 · 1h 21m

You Never Dreamed a Film Could Be So Funny

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

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Roscoe Arbuckle edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)

Wallace Beery edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)

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

Charley Chase edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)

Buster Keaton edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)

Edgar Kennedy edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)

Harry Langdon edited from 'The First 100 Years'

Stan Laurel edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)

Mabel Normand edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)

Gloria Swanson edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)

Ben Turpin edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King

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