Slapstick Encyclopedia (Previously Owned DVD)

Slapstick Encyclopedia (Previously Owned DVD)

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Fifty-three short films totalling over fifteen hours of screen time are included on this comprehensive collection of silent comedy classics from the Golden Age of Slapstick. The remarkable comedic talents of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Fatty Arbuckle, Will Rogers, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and others are celebrated in a collection sure to have viewers grabbing their guts and falling off their couches in laughter. In five parts: IN THE BEGINNING: Film Comedy Pioneers, KEYSTONE TONIGHT!: Mack Sennet Comedies, SENNETT IN THE TWENTIES, FUNNY GIRLS: Genders And Their Benders, KEATON, ARBUCKLE AND ST. JOHN, HAL ROACH'S ALL-STAR COMEDIANS, HAL ROACH: The Lot Of Fun, CHAPLIN AND THE MUSIC HALL TRADITION, THE RACE IS ON, and TONS OF FUN: The Anarchic Fringe.