This is one in a series of entertaining cinematic compilations by Robert Youngson that reviews aspects of the history of film (The Golden Age of Comedy and When Comedy Was King directly preceded this release). As in its predecessors, this compilation looks back on the more distant past. Renowned 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. As for the thrillers, those times when the heroine was tied to ...
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This is one in a series of entertaining cinematic compilations by Robert Youngson that reviews aspects of the history of film (The Golden Age of Comedy and When Comedy Was King directly preceded this release). As in its predecessors, this compilation looks back on the more distant past. Renowned 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. As for the thrillers, those times when the heroine was tied to the train tracks or the hero's car balanced on the edge of a cliff, they are as hilarious in retrospect as the comedies were to that generation. Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
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Add this copy of Days of Thrills and Laughter to cart. $5.51, very good condition, Sold by tttkelly1 rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fresno, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Vci Video.
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Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Oliver Hardy, Buster Keaton, The Keystone Kops. Run time: 93 mins. Originally released: 1961. Language: English. Factory sealed brand new DVD A celebrated look at silent films from early in the 20th century. The film celebrates comics like Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett and the Keystone Cops, 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.
