
When Comedy Was King
Drama · Comedy · Documentary
Overview
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.
Top Cast


Roscoe Arbuckle
Roscoe Arbuckle
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Roscoe Arbuckle
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)


Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery
edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)
Wallace Beery
edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)


Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin
edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)


Charley Chase
Charley Chase
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
Charley Chase
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)


Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
Buster Keaton
edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)


Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
Edgar Kennedy
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)


Harry Langdon
Harry Langdon
edited from 'The First 100 Years'
Harry Langdon
edited from 'The First 100 Years'


Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Stan Laurel
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)


Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)


Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Mabel Normand
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
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