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  • When Comedy Was King (1960)
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    81 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
When Comedy Was King (1960)
Approved
81 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

A feature-length documentary devoted to the great clowns of silent comedy.
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Updated Mar 29, 1960

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Mar 29, 1960 (United States)

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47 cast members
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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) (as Fatty Arbuckle) edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) (as Fatty Arbuckle)   See fewer
Wallace Beery
Henry Black (archive footage) Henry Black (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Chaplin
edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin) edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin)   See fewer
Charley Chase
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) (as Charlie Chase) edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) (as Charlie Chase)   See fewer
Buster Keaton
edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)   See fewer
Edgar Kennedy
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)   See fewer
Keystone Kops
Actor (archive footage) (as The Keystone Cops) Actor (archive footage) (as The Keystone Cops)   See fewer
Harry Langdon
edited from 'The First 100 Years' (archive footage) edited from 'The First 100 Years' (archive footage)   See fewer
Stan Laurel
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) (as Laurel) edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) (as Laurel)   See fewer
Oliver Hardy
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) (as Hardy) edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) (as Hardy)   See fewer
Mabel Normand
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)   See fewer
The Sennett Girls
edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage) edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)   See fewer
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Dawn - Bobby's Sweetheart (archive footage) Gloria Dawn - Bobby's Sweetheart (archive footage)   See fewer
Ben Turpin
edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage) edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)   See fewer
Billy Bevan
edited from 'Super Duper Dyne Lizzies, ' 'The Lion's Whiskers, ' 'Wall Street Blues, ' and' Wandering Willies' (archive footage) edited from 'Super Duper Dyne Lizzies, ' 'The Lion's Whiskers, ' 'Wall Street Blues, ' and' Wandering Willies' (archive footage)   See fewer
Andy Clyde
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Chester Conklin
edited from 'The Masquerader' (archive footage) edited from 'The Masquerader' (archive footage)   See fewer
Vernon Dent
edited from 'Wall Street Blues' (archive footage) edited from 'Wall Street Blues' (archive footage)   See fewer
Stuart Erwin
edited from A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) edited from A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)   See fewer
James Finlayson
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) (as Jimmy Finlayson) edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) (as Jimmy Finlayson)   See fewer
Madeline Hurlock
edited from 'The First 100 Years' (archive footage) edited from 'The First 100 Years' (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Murray
edited from 'The Masquerader' (archive footage) (as Charlie Murray) edited from 'The Masquerader' (archive footage) (as Charlie Murray)   See fewer
Daphne Pollard
Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
'Snub' Pollard
edited from 'It's a Gift' (archive footage) (as Snub Pollard) edited from 'It's a Gift' (archive footage) (as Snub Pollard)   See fewer
Al St. John
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)   See fewer
Mack Swain
Ambrose (archive footage) Ambrose (archive footage)   See fewer
Teddy the Dog
edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) (as Keystone Teddy) edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) (as Keystone Teddy)   See fewer
Bobby Vernon
edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)   See fewer
Dwight Weist
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
Harry Bernard
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Marion Byron
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Louise Carver
edited from 'The First 100 Years; (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'The First 100 Years; (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank J. Coleman
edited from 'The First 100 Years' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'The First 100 Years' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Alice Day
edited from 'The First 100 Years' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'The First 100 Years' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Edgar Dearing
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
May Emory
edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Edith Fellows
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Virginia Fox
edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Anita Garvin
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Eugenia Gilbert
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Charlie Hall
edited from 'Movie Night' and 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Movie Night' and 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ruth Hiatt
edited from 'Wandering Willies' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Wandering Willies' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Kewpie Morgan
edited from 'Wandering Willies' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Wandering Willies' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Spec O'Donnell
edited from 'Movie Night' - 'a pair of tights' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Movie Night' - 'a pair of tights' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Roberts
edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Tiny Sandford
edited from 'Movie Night' - 'big business' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'Movie Night' - 'big business' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ellinor Vanderveer
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited) edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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