When Comedy Was King (1960)
Country: US
Technical: bw 84m
Director: Robert Youngson
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, etc.
Synopsis:
Agreeable tour around the Mack Sennett and Hal Roach studios, with few silent comedians left unrepresented.
Review:
These Youngson compilations [see also The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) and Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)] were invaluable at a time when most audiences had not seen silent films and people had forgotten some of these comedians ever existed. The only unfortunate by-product was that people then forgot there was anything but silent comedy.
Country: US
Technical: bw 84m
Director: Robert Youngson
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, etc.
Synopsis:
Agreeable tour around the Mack Sennett and Hal Roach studios, with few silent comedians left unrepresented.
Review:
These Youngson compilations [see also The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) and Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)] were invaluable at a time when most audiences had not seen silent films and people had forgotten some of these comedians ever existed. The only unfortunate by-product was that people then forgot there was anything but silent comedy.
Country: US
Technical: bw 84m
Director: Robert Youngson
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, etc.
Synopsis:
Agreeable tour around the Mack Sennett and Hal Roach studios, with few silent comedians left unrepresented.
Review:
These Youngson compilations [see also The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) and Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)] were invaluable at a time when most audiences had not seen silent films and people had forgotten some of these comedians ever existed. The only unfortunate by-product was that people then forgot there was anything but silent comedy.