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Silent Comedy
see all genres ›What many still consider the "Golden Era" of film comedy took place during the silent years when a stellar lineup of comedic talent (most famously Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd) churned out umpteen funny shorts and features. Considered disposable entertainment then, they've by and large stayed remarkably fresh over a century's course since.
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Genres / Silent / Silent Comedy
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College Chums
Loosely based on Brandon Thomas' farce-comedy play CHARLEY'S AUNT, the last two-thirds of COLLEGE CHUMS may seem unique in that it shows one scene entirely in an establishing shot. In fact, the film was often screened with live actors behind the screen providing synchronous dialogue for the on-screen characters, a popular...Start your free trial to watch
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The Colonel's Account
Legendary French director Louis Feuillade does what he does best in THE COLONEL'S ACCOUNT. What begins as the simple telling of a story erupts into chaos as the tale becomes reality. One thing leads to another. If war is hell then all hell breaks loose!Start your free trial to watch
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Conductor 1492
A young Irish immigrant gets a job as a streetcar conductor and fights off an attempt by crooks to take over the company, all the while pursuing the beautiful daughter of his boss. Starring Johnny Hines (who also wrote the script) and co-directed by his brother Charles Hines, CONDUCTOR 1492 is a memorable, little-seen comedy....Start your free trial to watch
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The Consequences of Feminism
Easily among the most famous of the early female filmmakers, Alice Guy (later Alice Guy-Blaché) would not be the person you would generally expect to make the gender-bending CONSEQUENCES OF FEMINISM. It features an unusual take on feminism, to be certain. For? Against? Somewhere in-between? In any event,...Start your free trial to watch
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Convict 13
CONVICT 13 pushes boundaries with the darkness of its comedy, particularly the scene in which Buster Keaton is about to be hanged in prison while his fellow inmates sit as spectators cheering on the proceedings with concessions sold as if it were a baseball game.Start your free trial to watch
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Cops
One of Buster Keaton's greatest and most famous comedies, COPS is universally enjoyed for the inventive comedy and amazing chase sequences. However, its darker aspects (Keaton's use of an anarchists bomb risked painful reminders of the horse and wagon, similar to the one Buster drives, that carried a bomb into New York city's...Start your free trial to watch
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Crazy Like a Fox
Arranged marriages can be tricky. In this Charley Chase short, the potential groom attempts to convince his arranged bride and her parents to believe that he's gone off the deep-end in order to cancel the wedding. Not satisfied with a simple misunderstanding, director Leo McCarey allows the whole thing to...Start your free trial to watch
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Cruel, Cruel Love
Charles Chaplin, dressed in a top hat and frock coat and sporting a large moustache, plays a gentleman of means in this unusual comedy. The gentleman is a happy and attentive lover until his fiancee (Minta Durfee) ends their engagement after she believes she has caught him in a compromising situation with...Start your free trial to watch
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Daddy's Double
This deft comedy about a foiled elopement and assumed identity shows the importance of a carefully worked out scenario for narrative flow. The rule at many other comedy-producing studios was that gags drove the film and story line was incidental. With the talent of Lloyd Lonergan, it was the other way around at Thanhouser...Start your free trial to watch
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Daily Dozens
The "Joybell Players" consisting of Jack Cooper, Ethelyn Gibson and Jack Richardson star in this very funny comedy from writer/director Robert Tansey. Producer Billy West was himself a silent film comedian, and was the best-known and most successful Charlie Chaplin imitator.Start your free trial to watch
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The Dancing Pig
Silent films owe a great deal to the vaudeville tradition; its short, unrelated stage acts were not only a nearly inexhaustible source for early film content, but also a programming model for nickelodeon theaters. THE DANCING PIG was a mind-boggling music hall routine filmed several times for different companies here, for...Start your free trial to watch
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Danger Ahead
In this second entry in the Hairbreadth Harry series, Relentless Randolph has learned that beautiful Belinda has just inherited $10,000 and decides to steal the money from her. He and his henchmen arrive at her house just as the money is being delivered but Hairbreadth Harry has observed the entire incident and will not allow...Start your free trial to watch
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Day Dreams
DAY DREAMS has as its structure a series of comparisons between how Buster Keatons's sweetheart (Renee Adoree, later a prominent film star) interprets Buster's letters to her versus the reality of his efforts to make good. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle is believed to have directed some of this film which went into production as...Start your free trial to watch
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Detained
An escaped convict leaves a daydreaming Stan Laurel wearing prison stripes. Once arrested, the silent comedian’s character is the unwitting agent of a series of penitentiary pratfalls. Some of the gags are familiar (shaving cream in the kisser), others less so (an electric chair mishap). An extra spry Laurel hams it up for...Start your free trial to watch
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Distractions of Foolshead
Foolshead's humorous stunts begin when he accidentally steps into a dirt box instead of a bathtub and rubs himself with coal, then dresses in the wrong clothes, and accidentally falls out of a window knocking a couple over on the street below.Start your free trial to watch