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Variety sang its praises, Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush maintains its status as a great and elaborate comedy.
The famous silent film actor may have been born in Kansas, but some of his fondest memories were made in Oklahoma.
Silent Film Event - The Comedians! movie cast and actor biographies. Check out the latest photos and bios of the cast and filmmakers of Silent Film Event - ...
OAK CLIFF - Nearly 100 years have passed since legendary comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were teamed up at the Hal Roach Studios to make short comedy films.
Silent movie comedy was all about slapstick and sight gags. Slipping on banana peels, falling from moving cars, teetering on high window ledges—audiences loved to see comedians testing the ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Seasoned author Sean Crose has penned a brand new book that explores the life of silent film actress, Mabel Normand, a native Staten Islander who spent her formative years ...
Hundreds of Beavers is the funniest new movie of 2024, taking comedy back to the silent era but with new video game influences. Watch it now on digital.
Silent-movie comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, as well as Mel Brooks and Blake Edwards, inspired John Woo comic films such as Money Crazy.
Essanay Studios, founded in 1907 by George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson, helped shape the foundation of the American film industry.
“Buster’s mother and father were both vaudeville comedians with a very popular variety act,” says Burch. The famous silent film actor may have been born in Kansas, but some of his fondest ...