When Comedy Was King
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 thre…
When Comedy Was King
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. —duke1029@aol.com
When Comedy Was King
Comedy,Documentary,History
Film Details
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.
—duke1029@aol.com.