The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

Laughs of a lifetime... with 50 fabulous stars!

  • Genre: Comedy, Documentary
  • Release Date: 1964-09-02
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Robert Youngson
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Summary

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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  • Clark Gable

    as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)

  • Jean Harlow

    as Ruby in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)

  • Cary Grant

    as Andre Charville (archive footage)

  • Spencer Tracy

    as Haggerty in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage)

  • Katharine Hepburn

    as Tracy Lord (archive footage)

  • W.C. Fields

    as Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)

  • Stan Laurel

    as Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

  • Oliver Hardy

    as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

  • William Powell

    as Nick Charles (archive footage)

  • Myrna Loy

    as Nora Charles (archive footage)

  • Lucille Ball

    as Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)

  • Red Skelton

    as Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)

  • Robert Taylor

    as Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)

  • Greta Garbo

    as Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage)

  • Joan Crawford

    as Bobby (archive footage)

  • Marie Dressler

    as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)

  • Wallace Beery

    as Terry (archive footage)

  • Bud Abbott

    as Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

  • Lou Costello

    as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

  • Carole Lombard

    as Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

  • Buster Keaton

    as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)

  • Ted Healy

    as Reporter in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

  • Franchot Tone

    as Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

  • Melvyn Douglas

    as Leon (archive footage)

  • Robert Benchley

    as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

  • Marion Davies

    as Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)

  • Lee Tracy

    as Space in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

  • Polly Moran

    as Sarah in 'China Bound' (archive footage)

  • Gail Patrick

    as Isobel Grayson in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage)

  • Lewis Stone

    as Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)

  • Bert Lahr

    as The Commander (archive footage)

  • Nat Pendleton

    as William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

  • Chester Morris

    as Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

  • Lupe Vélez

    as Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

  • Freddie Bartholomew

    as David Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)

  • Zasu Pitts

    as Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

  • Karl Dane

    as Sharkey Nye in 'China Bound' (archive footage)

  • George K. Arthur

    as Bellhop in 'Detectives' (archive footage)

  • Leo Carrillo

    as Joselito Estanza in 'Too Hot to Handle' (archive footage)

  • Skippy

    as Asta in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage)

  • Dave O'Brien

    as Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)

  • James Finlayson

    as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)

  • Les Tremayne

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Elizabeth Allan

    as Mrs. Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

  • Robert Barrat

    as Baxter in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Jack Baxley

    as Actor in 'A Night at the Movies' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Monta Bell

    as Self - Director of 'Pretty Ladies' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

  • Lionel Belmore

    as Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Tod Browning

    as Self - Director of 'The Mystic' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Burgess

    as Gypsy in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Richard Carle

    as Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • John Carroll

    as Terry Turner in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Nora Cecil

    as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Charlie Chaplin

    as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • E. E. Clive

    as Cosgrove Dabney in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

  • Louise Closser Hale

    as Hattie Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

  • Lew Cody

    as Tip Scanlon in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

  • Elisha Cook Jr.

    as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Jeff Corey

    as Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Josephine Crowell

    as Css van Alstyne in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

  • Frank Dawson

    as Butler in 'Suzy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Marceline Day

    as Lois in 'Detectives' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Edgar Dearing

    as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Brian Donlevy

    as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)

  • Douglas Fairbanks

    as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Larry Fine

    as One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Willie Fung

    as Willie in 'Too Hot to Handle' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • John Gilbert

    as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Ferdinand Gottschalk

    as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Charley Grapewin

    as Mr. Bane in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Harry Gribbon

    as Cop in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • William Haines

    as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Winifred Harris

    as Actress in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Phillips Holmes

    as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

  • Curly Howard

    as One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Moe Howard

    as One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • John Ireland

    as Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

  • Leatrice Joy

    as Actress in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Walter Woolf King

    as Beecher in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Diana Lewis

    as Eve Wilson in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Edmund Lowe

    as Dr. Wayne Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)

  • Chico Marx

    as One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Groucho Marx

    as One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Harpo Marx

    as One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Grant Mitchell

    as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Owen Moore

    as Dennis in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Karen Morley

    as Lucy Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Jack Norton

    as Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Anita Page

    as Vivian Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Barnett Parker

    as Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

  • Herbert Prior

    as Actor on Train in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Jed Prouty

    as Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Tom Ricketts

    as Butler in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Bert Roach

    as Foster in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • George Tobias

    as Actor in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Billy Wayne

    as Fireman in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Huey White

    as Actor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Peter Whitney

    as Jake in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Charles Williams

    as Actor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Clarence Wilson

    as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Tammany Young

    as Shif'less in 'Tugboat Annie' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Production Robert Youngson Producer
Directing Robert Youngson Director
Writing Robert Youngson Writer

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