When Comedy Was King

When Comedy Was King

Drama
Comedy
Documentary

When Comedy Was King

81 minutes
03/29/1960
6.7

Overview

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

Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckleedited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Wallace Beery
Wallace Beeryedited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplinedited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)
Charley Chase
Charley Chaseedited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
Buster Keaton
Buster Keatonedited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedyedited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
Harry Langdon
Harry Langdonedited from 'The First 100 Years'
Stan Laurel
Stan Laureledited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardyedited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Mabel Normand
Mabel Normandedited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swansonedited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
Ben Turpin
Ben Turpinedited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)