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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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The Frozen North
A parody of the Western melodramas of William S. Hart, THE FROZEN NORTH was filmed partly on location near Truckee, California, and the intertitles drew from Robert Service's "The Shooting of Dan McGrew." Charles Chaplin later used Truckee for his masterpiece THE GOLD RUSH and drew upon "McGrew" for his...Start your free trial to watch
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The Gay Shoe Clerk
This film is often noted as an early example of the interpolated close-up. However, while the action moves smoothly across the shots, attentive viewers will notice a remarkable set of discontinuities. The woman's underskirts are white in the close up but dark in the long shot. The shot in the cross-cutting...Start your free trial to watch
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The General
Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. Rejected by the Confederate army as unfit and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee (Marian Mack), young Johnnie Gray (Keaton)...Start your free trial to watch
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Get 'em Young
Stan Laurel stars in this slapstick comedy of bigamy and cross-dressing. A gentleman needs to prove that he is married to collect a million dollar inheritance but his real wife isn’t available. “Since you don’t want a woman, marry a man. A man disguised as a woman, of course.” Laurel plays the part but not without a fight.Start your free trial to watch
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Getting Acquainted
Charlie (Charles Chaplin) and Mabel (Mabel Normand) escape their spouses (Phyllis Allen and Mack Swain) to flirt in a park in this one-reel comedy. His final effort for Keystone, GETTING ACQUAINTED was filmed in Westlake Park in one day. Despite its similarity to earlier park comedies, it is nonetheless...Start your free trial to watch
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Getting Evidence
A jealous husband visits the Hawkshaw Detective Agency (a redundant naming device in its own right) and asks the detective to obtain evidence of his wife's supposed infidelities. Only a photograph is deemed acceptable evidence and the private eye's attempts to secure it provide a series of comic incidents,...Start your free trial to watch
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Go West
A fascinating alternative to the manic stunt work and elaborate sight gags that distinguish the films of Buster Keaton, GO WEST offers a rare and satisfying glimpse of his talent for more expressive comedy: charming moments of intimate humor flavored with rich pathos. Heeding the expansionist call of Horace Greeley, a...Start your free trial to watch
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Grandma's Boy
One of Harold Lloyd’s personal favorites of his films, GRANDMA'S BOY is a beautiful tale of self-discovery with a bounty of comic overtones. Sonny is a self-professed coward who balks at the sight of the town tramp (Dick Sutherland). Armed with a lucky charm given to him by his grandmother (Anna Townsend), he defeats the...Start your free trial to watch
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Hard Boiled Yeggs
Billy West, the best-known and most successful Charlie Chaplin imitator, is the star and producer of this very funny 1926 comedy in which Billy inherits a large sum of money and a dive on the wrong side of town. The will states that if Billy should die, two thugs will get the money and the café. The...Start your free trial to watch
