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When Comedy Was King (1960)

6.7 | Mar 29, 1960 (US) | Drama, Comedy, Documentary | 01:21
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You Never Dreamed a Film Could Be So Funny

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

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

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