Laurel & Hardy When Comedy Was King
You Never Dreamed a Film Could Be So Funny
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DVD Features:
- Run Time: 1 hours, 21 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Released: October 17, 2017
- Originally Released: 1960
- Label: Kit Parker Films
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Note: Commentary by Historian Richard M. Roberts
- Three rare silent comedies from the Richard M. Roberts collection, with music by Donald Sosin
- Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.37
- Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Featured: | Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Buster Keaton, 'Snub' Pollard, Wallace Beery, Charley Chase & Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | |
| Directed by | Robert Youngson | |
| Produced by | Robert Youngson |
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Yet another of these hundred-years-hence social historian's documents, with almost as much fun for the Freudians as the nuns have to offer.
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The Spectator
Rating: B- --
Homage documentary on the noteworthy silent era comics.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
How can you go wrong with Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle, Laurel and Hardy, Ben Turpin, the Keystone Kops and other favorites of the silents?
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New York Times
Product Description:
A potpourri of silent comedy clips featuring giants of the genre including Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Laurel and Hardy, Ben Turpin, Buster Keaton, Gloria Swanson, the Keystone Cops and many others.
Plot Synopsis:
"When Comedy Was King" is a compilation of film clips and complete shorts from the great stars of silent film comedy, along with commentary on the lives and works of the performers.
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Production Notes:
- Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1.
- The Jimmy Finlayson short was directed by Leo McCarey and photographed by George Stevens.
- Variety listed the running time as 90 minutes.
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- Sales Rank: 12,430
- UPC: 688474350533
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