When Comedy Was King

Charley Chase Director: Robert Youngson Robert Youngson

Overview

Producer Robert Youngson puts together a nostalgic montage of silent era comedy clips. Featured are Laurel and Hardy, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Gloria Swanson, Edgar Kennedy, the Keystone cops, Charlie Chaplin, Wallace Beery and others. The narrator, Dwight Weist, gives insightful though sometimes inaccurate information about these silent screen immortals. This film and it's previous effort "Golden Age Of Comedy" helped to introduce a new generation to these comedy classics and created legions of new fans. This is the first in a series of comedy compilations produced by Youngson.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/17/2017
UPC:	0688474350533
Original Release:	1959
Rating:	NR
Source:	Vci Video
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:21:00
Sales rank:	26,047

Special Features

Commentary by Historian Richard M. Roberts; Three rare silent comedies from the Richard M. Roberts collection, with music by Donald Sosin

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charley Chase	Actor
Dwight Weist	Narrator
Ted Royal	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Youngson

Robert Youngson

Director,Producer,Screenwriter