When Comedy Was King

Plot

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

  • Robert Youngson

    Director

  • Robert Youngson

    Writer

  • Roscoe 'Fatty' 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)

  • Runtime

    81 minutes

    Released

    1960-03-29

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Robert Youngson Productions

    Updated

    23 days ago

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