The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

Comedy
Documentary

The Big Parade of Comedy

90 minutes
09/02/1964
6.3

Overview

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Cast

Clark Gable
Clark GableEddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
Jean HarlowRuby in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
Cary Grant
Cary GrantAndre Charville (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy
Spencer TracyHaggerty in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine HepburnTracy Lord (archive footage)
W.C. Fields
W.C. FieldsWilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
Stan Laurel
Stan LaurelStan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
Oliver HardyOliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
William Powell
William PowellNick Charles (archive footage)
Myrna Loy
Myrna LoyNora Charles (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
Lucille BallJulie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)
Red Skelton
Red SkeltonAubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)
Robert Taylor
Robert TaylorRaymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
Greta GarboNinotchka in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage)
Joan Crawford
Joan CrawfordBobby (archive footage)
Marie Dressler
Marie DresslerMarie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
Wallace Beery
Wallace BeeryTerry (archive footage)
Bud Abbott
Bud AbbottDoc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
Lou Costello
Lou CostelloWishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
Carole Lombard
Carole LombardMary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Buster Keaton
Buster KeatonBuster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
Ted Healy
Ted HealyReporter in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Franchot Tone
Franchot ToneGifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn DouglasLeon (archive footage)
Robert Benchley
Robert BenchleyJoseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
Marion Davies
Marion DaviesTina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
Lee Tracy
Lee TracySpace in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
Polly Moran
Polly MoranSarah in 'China Bound' (archive footage)
Gail Patrick
Gail PatrickIsobel Grayson in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage)
Lewis Stone
Lewis StoneBaron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
Bert Lahr
Bert LahrThe Commander (archive footage)
Nat Pendleton
Nat PendletonWilliam T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Chester Morris
Chester MorrisJimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Lupe Vélez
Lupe VélezSelf in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Freddie Bartholomew
Freddie BartholomewDavid Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
Zasu Pitts
Zasu PittsMirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Karl Dane
Karl DaneSharkey Nye in 'China Bound' (archive footage)
George K. Arthur
George K. ArthurBellhop in 'Detectives' (archive footage)
Leo Carrillo
Leo CarrilloJoselito Estanza in 'Too Hot to Handle' (archive footage)
Skippy
SkippyAsta in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage)
Dave O'Brien
Dave O'BrienActor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
James Finlayson
James FinlaysonSergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
Les Tremayne
Les TremayneNarrator (voice)
Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth AllanMrs. Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Robert Barrat
Robert BarratBaxter in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
Jack BaxleyActor in 'A Night at the Movies' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Monta Bell
Monta BellSelf - Director of 'Pretty Ladies' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore
Lionel BelmoreBlacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tod Browning
Tod BrowningSelf - Director of 'The Mystic' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dorothy Burgess
Dorothy BurgessGypsy in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Carle
Richard CarleActor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Carroll
John CarrollTerry Turner in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Nora CecilActress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie ChaplinActor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
E. E. Clive
E. E. CliveCosgrove Dabney in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Louise Closser Hale
Louise Closser HaleHattie Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Lew Cody
Lew CodyTip Scanlon in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr.Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeff Corey
Jeff CoreySergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Josephine Crowell
Josephine CrowellCss van Alstyne in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Frank Dawson
Frank DawsonButler in 'Suzy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marceline Day
Marceline DayLois in 'Detectives' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Edgar DearingBill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brian Donlevy
Brian DonlevyKurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas FairbanksActor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larry Fine
Larry FineOne of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
Willie Fung
Willie FungWillie in 'Too Hot to Handle' (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Gilbert
John GilbertActor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Ferdinand GottschalkActor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charley Grapewin
Charley GrapewinMr. Bane in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Gribbon
Harry GribbonCop in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Haines
William HainesActor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
Winifred HarrisActress in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Phillips Holmes
Phillips HolmesErnest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Curly Howard
Curly HowardOne of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
Moe Howard
Moe HowardOne of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Ireland
John IrelandCaptain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Leatrice Joy
Leatrice JoyActress in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Woolf King
Walter Woolf KingBeecher in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Diana Lewis
Diana LewisEve Wilson in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edmund Lowe
Edmund LoweDr. Wayne Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
Chico Marx
Chico MarxOne of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Groucho Marx
Groucho MarxOne of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harpo Marx
Harpo MarxOne of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grant Mitchell
Grant MitchellEd Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Owen Moore
Owen MooreDennis in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Karen Morley
Karen MorleyLucy Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Jack NortonActor in 'The Girl from Missouri' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anita Page
Anita PageVivian Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barnett Parker
Barnett ParkerArthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Herbert Prior
Herbert PriorActor on Train in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jed Prouty
Jed ProutyActor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Tom RickettsButler in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Bert RoachFoster in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Tobias
George TobiasActor in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Billy WayneFireman in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Huey White
Huey WhiteActor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Whitney
Peter WhitneyJake in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Williams
Charles WilliamsActor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Clarence WilsonActor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tammany Young
Tammany YoungShif'less in 'Tugboat Annie' (archive footage) (uncredited)