When Comedy Was King

1960 NR 1h 21m 7.4

A feature-length documentary devoted to the great clowns of silent comedy.

Robert Youngson's affectionate, nostalgic retrospective of the Golden Age of Silent Comedy with special attention to the three acknowledged comic geniuses of the period: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keatonm and Harry Landon. The two major comedy studios of the era, Mack Sennett and Hal Roach, especially Laurel an Hardy, are given credit as the great innovators of slapstick visual comedy.

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Info about When Comedy Was King

Studio(s): Robert Youngson Productions

Originally Released: Mar 29, 1960

Production Country: United States

Genres: Comedy, Documentary