When Comedy Was King

Robert Youngson
1960-03-29

You Never Dreamed a Film Could Be So Funny
6.7
81 min

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

Cast

Name Character Team
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) Unowned
Wallace Beery edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage) Unowned
Charlie Chaplin edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage) Unowned
Charley Chase edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) Unowned
Buster Keaton edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) Unowned
Edgar Kennedy edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) Unowned
Harry Langdon edited from 'The First 100 Years' Unowned
Stan Laurel edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) Unowned
Oliver Hardy edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) Unowned
Mabel Normand edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) Unowned
Gloria Swanson edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) Unowned
Ben Turpin edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage) Unowned