The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)

Directed by

Robert Youngson

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film collects scenes from silent comedy movies made by Mack Sennett and Hal Roach studios. It features performers like Laurel and Hardy in a series of slapstick sketches and gags.

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What happens

The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) is a compilation of silent comedy films from the Mack Sennett and Hal Roach studios, written and produced by Robert Youngson. Youngson had previously produced several award-winning short documentaries beforehand, and this was the first compilation of its kind in feature-length form. Initially, the film was distributed by a small independent company, Distributors Corporation of America, before being taken up by major Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox. The film's commercial success led Youngson to follow suit with other silent film compilations over the next decade. The film is often regarded as particularly bringing Laurel and Hardy back into the public's notice after years of obscurity (they are the film's most predominantly featured performers), but Oliver Hardy died around the time of the film's release in August 1957. The film was released (along with several other Youngson compilations) on DVD for the first time in the United States in 2007. Its main musical theme is derived from Chopin's Etude Op. 10, No. 3, often known as "Tristesse". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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