Directed by:
Robert YoungsonCast:
Douglas Fairbanks (a.f.), Charlie Chaplin (a.f.), Stan Laurel (a.f.), Oliver Hardy (a.f.), Harry Houdini (a.f.), Pearl White (a.f.), Harry Langdon (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
A celebrated look at silent films from early in the 20th century. The film celebrates comics like Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennet and the Keystone Kops, Fatty Arbuckle, Stan Laurel, and others are featured in some of the best moments in their filmic careers. The compilation also includes the mysterious Harry Houdini conducting his death-defying stunts. Plus the dashing Douglas Fairbanks and lady in peril Pearl White. The film often lets the silent pictures speak for themselves, running entire one-reelers or significant chunks of an old movie. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Douglas Fairbanks (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Robin Hood (1922)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Charlie Chaplin (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
The Kid (1921)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Stan Laurel (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Our Relations (1936)
Oliver Hardy (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Our Relations (1936)
Harry Houdini (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Pearl White (a.f.)
USA
Harry Langdon (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Strong Man (1926)
Ben Turpin (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Love Parade (1929)
Charley Chase (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard (a.f.)
Australia
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Mack Sennett (a.f.)
Canada
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Go West (1925)
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015) - a.f.
Mabel Normand (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Ford Sterling (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Boris Karloff (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Warner Oland (a.f.)
Sweden
Best movies:
Dishonored (1931)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
Werewolf of London (1935)
Al St. John (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Edna Purviance (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
The Kid (1921)
Limelight (1952)
Martha Sleeper (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Eileen Percy (a.f.)
UK