Behind the scenes
Summary
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 80GoodWatch 75
Audience score85%
IMDb7.4
Running time
1 h 21 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −28 min on the typical 109
typical 10981Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1960
March 29, 1960
66 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyDocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
12 of 12
Roscoe Arbuckle(archive footage) (uncredited)
Wallace Beery(archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin(archive footage) (uncredited)
Charley Chase(archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster Keaton(archive footage) (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy(archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Langdon(archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan Laurel(archive footage) (uncredited)
Oliver Hardy(archive footage) (uncredited)
Mabel Normand(archive footage) (uncredited)
Gloria Swanson(archive footage) (uncredited)
Ben Turpin(archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Robert Youngson Director, Writer
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