Hollywood - Ep 8: Comedy is a Serious Business

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The legendary series which outlines the history of Hollywood and the individuals that shaped film-making. Episode Eight details the development of comedy in Hollywood cinema and the big names that helped pioneer and shape it.

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@scotnick59 Жыл бұрын

James Mason's buttery voice was the perfect choice to narrate this superior series about Old Hollywood!

@per-arnemoa103 2 ай бұрын

Such a relief to hear James Mason's voice rather than the annoying AI. THANK YOU. ❤️

@pooddescrewch8718 2 жыл бұрын

Harold Lloyd was hysterical and a marvelous stunt man . I watched him as a kid late nights on Saturdays when I was a teen . It was timeless .

@josephcalderon906 Жыл бұрын

He also started out as a part time stuntman, just a hungry young actor.

@Munchausen45 2 жыл бұрын

0:57 I love how Chaplin is so iconic that all James Mason had to say was “and”

@albaproductions9602 Жыл бұрын

We watched the kid in drama school and the scene were the kid and the tramp are re-united there wasn't a dry eye in the room. Thanks Charlie we appreciated everything you did.

@johnryskamp2943 2 ай бұрын

I love it that they use Rossini's "train" piece for the train sequences. Rossini was a slapstick composer.

@ricardocantoral7672 Жыл бұрын

For me, Keaton was the best and sexiest silent comedian! 😍 One thing about Keaton being doubled, he usually did his stunts with the exception of the pole vaulting scene in his film, College.

@alexvokoun9272 Жыл бұрын

I’m currently doing a massive binge of Chaplin,Keaton and Lloyd’s work, and having an absolute blast. All three of them are geniuses in their own unique ways. Keaton is my personal favorite, but I also adore Chaplin and Lloyd very much. Also discovering Fatty Arbuckle along the way as well. He also was brilliant. Haven’t watched much of Harry Langdon, but I am opened minded to watch him as well.

@juniorjames7076 Жыл бұрын

I guess Chaplin was the blueprint for Modern 20th century Comedy. Athletic, Balletic, Screen Presence, Creative Genius, and damn funny as hell.

@Terry-te1ij Жыл бұрын

Chaplain and the little girls. Eeww

@jackmorrison7379 Жыл бұрын

Well, maybe but he is on record as saying silent pantomime comedy was a unique art unto itself. Modern dialogue comedy is different. He went on to do silent or mostly silent pictures well into the sound era. His first screen all talking picture was "The Great Dictator" his parody of Hitler and Mussolini. His later sound films got a mixed reception, and a few were trashed by the critics.

@shevandy55 Жыл бұрын

@@Terry-te1ij Chaplin didn't like "little girls". Like, where did you get your info from?

@2xanaida Жыл бұрын

I don’t recall watching this when it was aired in 1980, but I instantly remembered the title music - all it really needs to be truly evocative is the Thames station ident before it begins, a feature of ITV programming in those days. Brilliant series but really shows it’s age in that women players are only discussed in terms of glamour or vamp - can’t believe Mabel Normand only got a passing mention

@stephenoconnor9904 2 жыл бұрын

No matter how you look at it, or understand it, The four greatest comics of the Silent Era, Harry Langdon, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, are all there, But none will ever match , or come anywhere near, or close to the greatness of Charlie Chaplin, no matter how much you may try, he will just never , ever be surpassed, period.

@pooddescrewch8718 Жыл бұрын

Fatty Arbuckle was as good ....too bad he was railroaded

@kwolitygudzebay4233 Жыл бұрын

I guess you don't consider Fatty Arbuckle.

@pooddescrewch8718 Жыл бұрын

@@kwolitygudzebay4233 He was #2 behind Chaplin during his time . That scandal buried him so deep that his acquittal and a formal apology from the court couldn't dig him out .

@kwolitygudzebay4233 Жыл бұрын

@@pooddescrewch8718 Yeah that is the truth. But he was famous before Chaplin and Keaton.

@josephcalderon906 Жыл бұрын

@@kwolitygudzebay4233 True.

@rahmmason2159 Жыл бұрын

Charlie Chapin acted, directed, produced, wrote, AND composed!

@ricardocantoral7672 Жыл бұрын

Chaplin didn't write his gags.

@jackmorrison7379 Жыл бұрын

Yes, true. But then he also did 300 + takes on a single scene as a matter of repeat practice in his films. No veteran actress's ever worked for him. He also pursued underage females as a matter of documented record. ever hear of #Me Too? A great artist and talent; a mostly flawed human being off screen.

@timtoner1411 Жыл бұрын

I would have liked to have seen Larry Semen included. In his day he was big. A very, inventive film comic. His films alway went way over budget because of the special effects he used. His movies were highly visual & didn't need a lot of dialog cards to move the story along. He died young & broke. Most of his films were made before the 1920's & are lost. He is a forgotten film genus.

@jackmorrison7379 Жыл бұрын

Spelled Semon. This is not biology class.

@Nigelsmom2136 16 күн бұрын

@@jackmorrison7379😂😂😂

@a.r.t93 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes.. Frank Capra.. Famous for his work as Sennett gag man

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

there was no mention of fatty arbuckle or one clip of the keystone cops. i was hoping for a broader coverage than they offered. keaton's first screen appearances were in arbuckle shorts. and they spent too much time on "the kid" in chaplin's segment. but a good documentary nonetheless. most movies, even dramas have comedic elements to the them. this applies to the silent era as well. "slapstick" was just one form of comedy in the silent era. even such movies as griffith's "intolerance," fairbank's "thief of bagdag," lon chaney's "the unholy three" and valentino's "son of the sheik" all had comedic elements in them! thanks for the upload.

@malhaxton1267 Жыл бұрын

Arbuckle and his downfall were covered in a previous episode. I don't think they wanted or needed to dwell on that.

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

@@malhaxton1267 ... yes. i saw that episode later. but they could've mentioned arbuckle's influence without delving into the scandal. the problem is he's never mentioned without the scandal. thanks for responding.

@yanndick 3 жыл бұрын

Why is episode 7 (Autocrats) blocked in country while all the others are available ? I'd love to watch the whole series. but it is not available in stores anymore ! Why blocking what can't be legally bought ?

@shevandy55 2 жыл бұрын

YT has been very backwards lately.

@lanpingpug 2 жыл бұрын

I think there is another channel that has it that is available to watch. I'm from UK and no problems watching.

@inkyguy 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know where you’re connecting from, but I can get it in the U.S. as part of this series. I don’t know if it help, but here is a link to it on another channel. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9GAqpaIxN6cm2w.html

@carlosgomes2783 2 жыл бұрын

So many film libraries, collectors and studios provided archive content for the series, the copyright implications are huge. They may have allowed their films to be used for a one-off series, but getting them all to agree to a DVD release which would generate revenue means a nightmare of cutting the cake into tiny slices.

@inkyguy 2 жыл бұрын

@@carlosgomes2783, For films produced before the 1978 revision of the U.S. copyright law, which would have been so all of the footage of the films included in this series, copyrights expired after 30 years. All of the vintage silent films were already well within the public domain at the time the series was produced in 1980..

@spmoran4703 10 ай бұрын

I still find these comedies to be very funny .

@mrunning10 2 жыл бұрын

@9:39 Mabel Normand on the right?

@jenniferkokoris6076 6 ай бұрын

You can the influence on Lucille Ball ( Keaton was her mentor) and the late great John Ritter. Are there any slapstick comedians these days?

@a2j.holyloveaffairreyna757 Жыл бұрын

1970s L.A. CA Collection Agcy Typed Letter 2.F.Capra For Unpaid Less Than $100...Comedic Bill 🤔 😂 🤣

@SaraiSantana-ei8vq 4 ай бұрын

Who is the girl who dances next to the man with the hat at minute 1:16

@MagiTailWelkin 11 ай бұрын

Frank Capra's comment about inventing Langdon's character and thus he didn't understand it is just false. Langdon had spent years writing his own material on stage before getting into films. The problem was Langdon was not a director like Chaplin or Keaton, he could not properly translate his style of comedy to film by himself.