A feature-length documentary devoted to the great clowns of silent comedy.A feature-length documentary devoted to the great clowns of silent comedy.A feature-length documentary devoted to the great clowns of silent comedy.
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Charles Chaplin
- edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.'
- (archive footage)
- (as Charlie Chaplin)
Buster Keaton
- edited from 'Cops'
- (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
- edited from 'Big Business'
- (archive footage)
- (as Hardy)
Stan Laurel
- edited from 'Big Business'
- (archive footage)
- (as Laurel)
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
- edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift'
- (archive footage)
- (as Fatty Arbuckle)
Wallace Beery
- Henry Black
- (archive footage)
Charley Chase
- edited from 'Movie Night'
- (archive footage)
- (as Charlie Chase)
Edgar Kennedy
- edited from 'A Pair of Tights'
- (archive footage)
Harry Langdon
- edited from 'The First 100 Years'
- (archive footage)
Mabel Normand
- edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift'
- (archive footage)
The Sennett Girls
- edited from 'Yukon Jake'
- (archive footage)
Gloria Swanson
- Gloria Dawn - Bobby's Sweetheart
- (archive footage)
Ben Turpin
- edited from 'Yukon Jake'
- (archive footage)
Chester Conklin
- edited from 'The Masquerader'
- (archive footage)
Vernon Dent
- edited from 'Wall Street Blues'
- (archive footage)
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Did you know
- TriviaOne of the glaring omissions from this film is the absence of Harold Lloyd. Despite being good friends with Director Robert Youngson, Lloyd did not permit Youngson to use his films. Lloyd owned the copyright to most of his films and produced his own compilations.
- GoofsAt one point, narrator Dwight Weist remarks that a quarter century has passed since the death of Harry Langdon. In fact, he died in December of 1944, just over 15 years before this film was released.
- ConnectionsEdited from Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
- SoundtracksDance of the Cuckoos
Music by Marvin Hatley
Featured review
The clowns of silent era
Robert Youngson's movie When Comedy Was King from 1960 shows us some great clips from the silent era.It is narrated by Dwight Weist.You can laugh with Charles Chaplin, Charley Chase, Harry Langdon, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Ben Turpin, Billy Bevan, Snub Pollard, Buster Keaton and lots of others.Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy cause trouble to Jimmy Finlayson in Big Business (1929).In Hal Roach comedy A Pair of Tights (1929) Marion Byron is sent to get some ice cream while Edgar Kennedy and the gang waits in the car. Getting ice cream hasn't ever been as hard as it is to Marion Byron in this funny clip. When Comedy Was King offers you lots of laughter with these clowns of silent comedy.These clowns have been long gone and there will never be comedians like them again.
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- Nov 24, 2000
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- Als Lachen Trumpf war
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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