When Comedy Was King

A compilation classic of classic silent film clowns, When Comedy Was King is a very funny introduction to some of the great silent clowns.

When Comedy Was King (1960) starring Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, Fatty Arbuckle

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Restored from the original negative, the kings of silent comedy triumphantly return in this compilation reprising some of their greatest moments brought together by famed documentarian Robert Youngson. See comic geniuses Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, Fatty Arbuckle, Harry Langdon, the Keystone Kops, The Sennett Bathing Beauties, and dozens more work their magic in the golden age of movie comedy. SPECIAL FEATURES – Commentary by film historian, Richard M. Roberts — Three rare comedy shorts

The Good Old Days at Keystone

1914 – Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Mack Swain, Mabel Normand, Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle

• The Property Man
• His Trysting Place
• Gentlemen of Nerve
• Fatty and Mabel Adrift

The Immortal Baby

Harry Langdon

Hal Roach: In and Out of the 20’s

Snub Pollard – “It’s a Gift“

• feather alarm clock
• magnet car
• explosive fuel – Mooz

“A Pair of Tights” – Stuart Erwin, Edgar Kennedy, Anita Garvin, Marion Byron

The Great Stone Face

• “Cops“

Laurel and Hardy

• “Big Business“