When Comedy Was King (1960) Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton and much more | Full Movie

Presenting the restored video release of Academy Award-winning Documentarian ROBERT YOUNGSON’s wonderful 1960 Comedy Compilation WHEN COMEDY WAS KING which showcased some of the funniest comedy scenes by famous comedians of the Silent Era, including Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin, and two of the great silent comedy producers, Mack Sennett and Hal Roach.
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[@bruceweaver1518]

Thank you for this. Robert Youngson’s compilations were among the first silent films I ever saw. It made me fall in love with Stan & Ollie.

[@alecwilliams7111]

Thank you for running this. I saw it when I was a kid, and it taught me what I needed to know about film history and film preservation. Years later, I found a VHS copy, but it was a pirate version without commentary--which made me very unhappy. I hope many people will watch this restored version, learn from it, and enjoy it even half as much as I did all those years ago.

[@TheSprocketVault]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@montysmegma4649]

Thank you as well. I’m in my mid 60s and remember this as a child being run on WPIX, channel 11 in New York probably very late at night. it opened up a world of movies that I had only heard my parents talk about but had never seen it that point

[@jamesdrynan]

@@alecwilliams7111 Like you, I saw this retrospective on TV when I was about ten. It introduced me to a world of comedy I'd never seen before and I became a big fan of Stan and Ollie. Thanks for posting!

[@joeoconnor5400]

I remember this being shown on BBC TV during the Christmas holidays. The sequences with Buster Keaton being chased by the Police influenced director Dick Lester when making A Hard Days Night.

[@Paul_Wetor]

The Laurel & Hardy Christmas tree part is called "Big Business". It's still one of the funniest comedies every made.

[@jonhay3141]

Chaplin at the time had been in exile from the US since 1952 after criticism from his moral and political detractors, and this compliation was just about the first reappraisal of his silent work since his departure, which was well received and played a part in his reacceptance and eventual return to the US in the Oscar Ceremony in 1972.

[@alecwilliams7111]

Another comment. I noticed Murray and Mack listed here. They were originally a vaudeville team who opened the Wright Opera House here in Denton, Texas at the turn of the 20th century. Small town opera houses were great training schools for a generation of great performers. Again, thanks for running this documentary.

[@johnnyb4187]

Laurel and Hardy were both (separately) in Larry Semon films, especially Hardy. I wonder how many of those films were available to be seen or were forgotten when this was made. Several on YT now. Also Gale Henry and Wanda Wiley, Louise Fazenda, Colleen Moore and so many.

[@Savioami]

i watched completely ❤❤❤

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

What made the Silent era so great was the viewer wrote their own script as it went along. Good for the mind.🤔

[@johnmitchelljr]

Great compilation. Thank you.

[@TheSprocketVault]

Thank you too!

[@pspe79]

Perpetual comedy!

[@randytracy1742]

Award winning documentarian Robert youngson’s wonderful 1960 comedy compilation when comedy was king which showcased some of the funniest comedy scenes by famous comedians of the silent era including laurel and hardy ,Charlie Chaplin,Buster Keaton, Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin and two of the great silent comedy producers Mack stennety and Hal to. Roach! With all that summary, no wonder they were good-maybe comedy could be great again if we had enough people to do it-that era was great and still is-good fun! 🤩 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@taf44tt8io]

A wonderful treasure. Many many thanks !!!

[@TheSprocketVault]

Our pleasure!

[@gambarlawas]

The Stone Face 👍

[@boris8787]

Reminds me of my movie town. 🎥🎥🎥

[@pressureworks]

Very interesting to see the origin of many gags used by The Three Stooges.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

I had a super 8mm film 200 feet.

[@comoyoko]

Are there other Robert Youngson compilations?? I’ve been searching for that theme music at the very start for decades!! In particular there was one just for Laurel & Hardy… “… two very gentle men” Anyone else know this one?

[@taf44tt8io]

This magic movie remind us the two main unique and irreplacealble ingredients of any kind of Art : imagination and craftmanship. No need special effects. No need bilions of dollars. "Just" imagination and passion for your handcraft. and you'll do timeless works. Some famous businessmen of our time are called "geniuses". That's let me laugh - everytime - and a little disappointed beacause they are far hundred of light years, and they will still be all their life long, from these marvelous artists.

[@srothbardt]

Very interesting about Dick Lester.

[@moorek1967]

Make Comedy Funny Again.

[@bwilliams463]

Fatty's canine co-star, Luke the bulldog, became a star in his own right for his remarkable acting skills. He even appeared with Fatty's best friend, Buster Keaton.

[@pressureworks]

Why wasn't Harold Lloyd included ??

[@pressureworks]

Just read where he charged alot of money for access to his films. So interesting they didnt even mention him and show public domain photos.

[@fromthesidelines]

The same reason that none of Chaplin's post-1918 films weren't included. They were under strict copyright established by Chaplin, and he demanded just as much money as Harold did- for "The Pilgrim", "Pay Day", et. al.

[@harishwala5882]

@@pressureworks he was sick??

[@johnnyb4187]

And only mentioned Bebe in conjunction with Mack Sennett, but she became an established star with Lloyd.

[@pressureworks]

27:38 Gag also seen in The Three Stooges. Did writers at Columbia previously work for Max Senate ??

[@movieedge7370]

Back in the 20s 30s and 40s writers gags and routines were stolen from each other all the time and no one had a problem with it like a crybaby’s of today

[@fromthesidelines]

Del Lord did work for Mack Sennett in his heyday- and he later directed the bulk of Columbia's two-reelers in the 1930's and '40s.......including the Stooges.

[@fromthesidelines]

41:44- "A Pair of Tights" (1929) was originally intended to feature Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy.

[@manfredweber2841]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@billberger5715]

I was true to the announcer’s opening remarks and turned off the sound so I didn’t have listen to him. He’s right, silence is better.

[@pressureworks]

Unfamiliar with the comedy act: And Much More.

[@gecko36a]

N0 MENTION OF THE GREAT HAROLD LLOYD.

[@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin]

1:11:17 Fun fact, in the German version they did a dubbing of this silent. Was a bit weird.

[@artanisknarf]

Any chance this is coming to Blu-ray with the other Youngson compilations?

[@TheSprocketVault]

Wish I had an answer, the rights to those movies are in flux.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

On United Artists film.

[@grahamy3400]

Credits for 5 minutes…really.

[@vlogsofdeba4480]

These were the real comedy actors.Not like kapil sarma of india...He is a cheater of comedy show😠

[@pabloreyes2435]

I Like To Say : Things Were Good During Those Times Of Comedy And Probably It Would Have Continued Being Great Times But I Don't Know Why It Change All Of That Probably Because America Was Getting Mixed Races And Probably That Might Change Things That Once We Enjoy During Those Times But Now It Changed All Of That , The Great Comedy That Once We Americans Used To Enjoy Seeing In Those Times , But Now It Turned It Into The Forgotten Time .