"A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!"19 November 1969Drama, Comedy95 mins
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each we see him applying makeup and changing the combing of his hair or putting on a wig.
A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary.
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV.
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.
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Dick Van Dyke in "The Comic" - 1969
Tre piccole clip tratte dal film "The Comic" del 1969 che tratta la storia di un comico molto famoso all'epoca del muto che cade in disgrazia con l'arrivo del sonoro ...
Mick Garris on THE COMIC
Comedy buffs Carl Reiner and Dick Van Dyke reteamed for this tribute to silent comedy centering on an egotistical star named Billy Bright. The plot juggles ...
Final moments of "The Comic" (1969) - Dick Van Dyke
The Comic (1969) - Dick Van Dyke & Michele Lee Final moments of a rarely seen masterpiece about a fictional silent film actor.
Dick van Dyke - The Comic (1969)
En väldigt rolig scen ur en komisk Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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