Product: MGM's The Big Parade of Comedy [VHS] (1963)
Rating: 3.0
Plenty of Stars, But Only Sporadic Laughs
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave producer Robert Youngson access to its vaults for this uneven compilation. "The Big Parade of Comedy" (1964) combines silent and sound material with mixed results. Worth seeing primarily for classic sequences featuring Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, The Marx Brothers and Red Skelton. Other MGM stars show up for only fleeting moments - thus emphasizing the film's awkward structure. Youngson fared better when focusing on the silent era.