June 10, 1970

When Comedy Was King (1960) ***

Another memorable compilation of great silent comedy hits. It includes fragments of the following shorts: 

0:16-4:43 "Movie Night" (1929). Charley Chase gets the hiccoughs in a crowded movie theater. The beginning of this short is included in "Four Clowns" (1969). 
4:43-6:31 "The Masquerader" (1914). 
6:31-10:00 "His Trysting Place" (1914). 
10:00-11:39 "Gentlemen Of Nerve" (1914, C.Chaplin, Keystone). Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand and Chester Conklin clowning while watching car races. 
11:39-18:42 "Fatty And Mabel Adrift" (1916). 
18:42-24:14 "Teddy At The Throttle" (1917). 
24:14-24:56 A brief scene from a Harry Langdon comedy as he throws a villain off a cliff. 
24:56-34:51 "The First Hundred Years" (1924). 
34:51-41:32 "It's A Gift" (1923). 
41:32-51:19 "A Pair Of Tights" (1929). 
51:19-1:00:36 "Cops" (1922). 
1:00:36-1:03:27 Probably "North Of 57" (1924, Sennett). Ben Turpin travels to the Frozen North, where Bathing Beauties emerge from igloos. 
1:03:27-1:04:54 A terrific Mack Sennett chase. A great cliff sequence.  
1:04:53-1:06:18 "Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies" (1925). 
1:06:18-1:08:01 Billy Bevan suprises Madeline Hurlock in her bath (actually her sofa). 
1:08:01-1:10:39 "Wandering Willies" (1926). 
1:10:39-1:20:42 "Big Business" (1929).