When comedy was king
By: a Robert Youngson production ; produced and written by Robert Youngson
Contributors: Laurel, Stan; Hardy, Oliver, 1892-1957; Roach, Hal, 1892-1992; Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960; Arbuckle, Roscoe, 1887-1933; Turpin, Ben, 1874-1940; Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977; Royal, Ted
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Silent films; Comedy films; Feature films
Description: The documentary covers Hollywood's golden years of silent comedy and features some of the best known comedians of the era including Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, The Keystone Cops, Fatty Arbuckle and Benny Turpin. Some of their most famous routines and comedy sequences are compiled in this anthology which also features rare and previously unseen footage.
Notes: A compilation of sequences from old silent comedies from the early Sennet films of 1914 to the Roach comedies of 1928. Originally released in 1960.

Special features: commentary by historian Richard M. Roberts; three rare silent comedies from the Richard M. Roberts collection, with music by Donald Sosin.

Music, Ted Royal.

Narrator: Dwight Weist.

DVD, all region, fullscreen.