Hollywood and the Stars: Funny Men
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- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2014
- In this episode from the 1960's US TV series, Hollywood & the Stars, we meet 'The Funny Men'. Comedians of the silver screen from the silent days of the Mack Sennett comedies to the 1960's era of "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".
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Stunning that so little time was devoted to the Marx Brothers, one of the most hilarious comedy teams of all time.
Thank you so much. I just love these documentaries, and Joseph Cotten's wonderful voice. Mind you, I was in love with Patricia Medina so I won't forgive him for marrying her. England, February, 2024.
The 3 stooges are still great after what 60yrs I watch them on Me every Saturday night. I never get tired of them
So do i,ever since i was a kid growing up brooklyn, watching them on CH.11WPIX-TV.
I remember seeing the boys on"The Three Stooges Funhouse"hosted by "Officer Joe'Bolton on WPIX TV Ch.11 in NYC..weekday evenings..as far back as Monday September 8,1958.
I just love old Hollywood the talkies, musical action, scifi, comedy and historical plus stories from the books and the holidays
Great documentary. I remember most of the stars. Thank you for posting this.
Oh! Slapstick, hijinks, I loved it, still do today..
I use to love the opening music.
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I was born in 1959 but I’ve a great memory (or, at least I did prior to the 80’s...Ha!) and I remember this series from the early 60’s...or rather, I always loved its theme song. It resonated with me as a kid..In subsequent yesrs, I’d hear it from time to time played at the Oscars broadcast in the early 70’s & sometimes Paul and the band would play it as intro music for some stars appearing on David Letterman. But, thanks to the Internet and my determination to hear this terrific it again, I was finally reintroduced to the theme. I’ve watched all the show’s episodes. They’re fine, but none match the strength and memory inducing delight as the theme. It’s soulful, tragic, complex, yet beautiful, sad, yet bold...not unlike the entirety of Hollywood.
Originally telecast as a one-hour special on November 29, 1963.
+Barry I. Grauman Thanks, I appreciate knowing when it was originally aired and you even have the day of the month. Do you know how many episodes there are? I'd never heard about this show until the Kim Novak episode showed up in my recommendations this weekend.
+Clipgatherer Thanks for the information! I agree this compilation type of episode versus the individual star type can be lacking. The length of time is too short to cover some of these subjects but I'm still enjoying this different perspective. Now to go see if I can find all 31.
+Clipgatherer L&H were only seen in a clip coming out of a train during their trek to London,England during the summer of 1932.
It was a television series, not a series of specials. I saw this series as a little girl.
Yes, there were 31 episodes produced for NBC in the 1963-'64 season (it followed "MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES"). However, in this episode- and others- David Wolper and Jack Haley Jr. were unable to use certain footage of several stars because either the rights to use them were too expensive, or they were unable to secure those rights from the studios that controlled them {in 1965, a retrospective of scenes from the Marx Brothers' 1929-'33 Paramount features were made available to the producers of "WAYNE AND SHUSTER TAKE AN AFFECTIONATE LOOK AT..." because MCA controlled the rights to those films, AND distributed the series}.
The greatest comedy ever is Mad Mad Mad Mad World
You got that right buddy 🤣
Hadn't seen this series since I was a boy.
WHERE did Wolper get that Chaplin rehearsal footage(and First National era footage)all those years before "Unknown Chaplin"?
This is pure speculation of course but it is not an uneducated guess. I do believe I smell the hand of Raymond Rohauer in this. Now Rohauer does not receive credit on this documentary however, he did not receive credit on the television series Fractured Flickers either and he supplied the footage utilized on that program. When Chaplin left the US in the 1950's and was not allowed to return, Rohauer went to the storage facility where Chaplin kept much of his films. Since Chaplin's circumstances gave the facility the impression that the films were abandoned, they sold everything to Rohauer. Chaplin had to initiate legal action to get his property returned...which Rohauer did...well, at least most of it. Rohauer held some items back and I would imagine this footage was part of that which was held back. Rohauer also held back some footage of Chaplin at a bowling alley shot for an unreleased project, a brief portion of which turned up on the aforementioned Fractured Flickers.
Bill Scott, who worked on "FRACTURED FLICKERS", said Rohauer was seen by some people as one of the great film preservationists of our time......while others called him the biggest film pirate of them all.
Exactly one week after the JFK assassination that this documentary retrospective aired.
That is true because I believe "Thanksgiving Day" was on November 28th of that year. When that tragedy happened in that week, many of the television network schedule programming was thrown in a whirlwind. This presentation came at a right time so the nation needed a laugh to take their mind off what had happened. Similar to The Andrews Sisters cheery songs during the dark and early times of World War II.
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The mystery movies were really great. I've seen all the Thin Man movies Miss Marple Sherlock Holmes Phlo Vance and Phillip Marlo were really great
Forgot Stan Laurel.He came over to America with Chaplin on the same ship.signed on with Sennet.
He was Charlie's understudy.
Attempted suicide bit by Harold Lloyd hilarious.
The clip of harold lloyd and mildred davis,is that an outtake?.because I never seen that scene from any of their movies together from 1919 to 1923.
Hi Joseph. I would guess that it's either an outtake from From Hand To Mouth or it was lifted from on of the Screen Snapshots series. Probably his from first appearance in them in 1921 which I think is lost now
+mart0the0tart Good afternoon!, hello! i think you're wrong about the title of outtake of harold and mildred,it might be from i do. his acting is very different here,compared to their films from fhtm to sl in 1923. his behavior is reminiscent of the very early glass character shorts with bebe daniels and harry "snub"pollard. anyway thanks very much for the info.
I picked From Hand To Mouth because of the coke bottle seen in the film that's all. It probably is from one of the Screen Snapshot films though
+mart0the0tart Are you sure?.because he doesn't wear his eton tie and has no vest in that film,and in the final cut of the two reeler (which inspired the chase for keaton's cops two years and a half years later) they don't share a coke bottle, (though they do dine together at a eatery) you very probably seen the original issue or reissue one -sheet posters of him and mid sharing a bottle of coke.
Laurel et Hardy étaient les rois du rires et régnaient sans équivalents excepté Buster Keaton qui avait énormément d estime pour eux.
Loved Burns and Allen, JB,BH my favorite and RS was another favorite. Now those comedians were really funny and they never used 4 letter words or raunchy stuff
I'm also a ol' ski nose fanatic,i even own of his best films(his paramounts from thanks for the memory to the seven little foys).
@@josephcalderon906 I love the 7 little Foys plus I love 8. on the Lam
@@garycarpenter2980 How about that certain feeling with Eva Marie saint,George sanders.and pearl Bailey who almost steals the film as gussie. there's also an early pre-leave it to beaver Jerry mathers (second film with mr. hope).
@@josephcalderon906 yeah I saw that one it was good 👍 I enjoyed it
@@garycarpenter2980 Yep, his last really good comedy for a number of years.until his paramount contract expired, and he released his film through his own production company and united artists.
Charlie but laurel and hardy did it in the 30s 40s on the road films 50s jerry lewis 60s tv sergent bilko is he 60s 70s mel brooks 80s steve martin martin short eddie murphy richard Pryor made superman 3 bearable 90s jim carey bill murray 00s simon pegg 10s i actually cant remeber anyone expect rebel wilson in pitch perfect and melissa mcarthy this decade 😣saying they are funny wo men
Daren Bailey doesn’t have an extreme position on abortion if he is against it!
Laurel and Hardy were not mentioned once.
I give it thumbs down. Why? How in the name of comedy greats can you 'forget' Laurel & Hardy, imho the Best there was, there is and ever will be! The side-kicks were important, certainly, but f.i. James Finlayson was the perfect foil for the stars of the silent 2-reelers, the talkies shorts and the features. Billy Gilbert and in particular Charlie Hall were essential, but never got beyond supporting Stan & Ollie, two funny, gentle, gentlemen!!
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