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The Big Parade of Comedy

Genre:ComedyDocumentary

Released:1964-09-02

Runtime:90

Overview

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


Cast:

Clark Gable

Character: Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)

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Jean Harlow

Character: Ruby in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)

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Cary Grant

Character: Andre Charville (archive footage)

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Spencer Tracy

Character: Haggerty in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage)

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Katharine Hepburn

Character: Tracy Lord (archive footage)

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W.C. Fields

Character: Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)

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Stan Laurel

Character: Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

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Oliver Hardy

Character: Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

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William Powell

Character: Nick Charles (archive footage)

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Myrna Loy

Character: Nora Charles (archive footage)

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Lucille Ball

Character: Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)

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Red Skelton

Character: Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)

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Robert Taylor

Character: Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)

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Greta Garbo

Character: Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage)

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Joan Crawford

Character: Bobby (archive footage)

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Marie Dressler

Character: Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)

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Wallace Beery

Character: Terry (archive footage)

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Bud Abbott

Character: Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

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Lou Costello

Character: Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

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Carole Lombard

Character: Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

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Buster Keaton

Character: Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)

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Ted Healy

Character: Reporter in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

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Franchot Tone

Character: Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

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Melvyn Douglas

Character: Leon (archive footage)

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Robert Benchley

Character: Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

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Marion Davies

Character: Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)

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Lee Tracy

Character: Space in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

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Polly Moran

Character: Sarah in 'China Bound' (archive footage)

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Gail Patrick

Character: Isobel Grayson in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage)

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Lewis Stone

Character: Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)

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Bert Lahr

Character: The Commander (archive footage)

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Nat Pendleton

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

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Chester Morris

Character: Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

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Lupe Vélez

Character: Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

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Freddie Bartholomew

Character: David Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)

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Zasu Pitts

Character: Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

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Karl Dane

Character: Sharkey Nye in 'China Bound' (archive footage)

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George K. Arthur

Character: Bellhop in 'Detectives' (archive footage)

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Leo Carrillo

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

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Skippy

Character: Asta in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage)

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Dave O'Brien

Character: Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)

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James Finlayson

Character: Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)

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Les Tremayne

Character: Narrator (voice)

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Elizabeth Allan

Character: Mrs. Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

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Robert Barrat

Character: Baxter in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jack Baxley

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

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Monta Bell

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

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Lionel Belmore

Character: Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Tod Browning

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

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Dorothy Burgess

Character: Gypsy in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Richard Carle

Character: Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)

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John Carroll

Character: Terry Turner in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Nora Cecil

Character: Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charlie Chaplin

Character: Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

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E. E. Clive

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

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Louise Closser Hale

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

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Lew Cody

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

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Elisha Cook Jr.

Character: Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jeff Corey

Character: Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Josephine Crowell

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

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Frank Dawson

Character: Butler in 'Suzy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Marceline Day

Character: Lois in 'Detectives' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Edgar Dearing

Character: Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Brian Donlevy

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

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Douglas Fairbanks

Character: Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Larry Fine

Character: One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Willie Fung

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

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John Gilbert

Character: Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Ferdinand Gottschalk

Character: Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charley Grapewin

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

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Harry Gribbon

Character: Cop in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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William Haines

Character: Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Winifred Harris

Character: Actress in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Phillips Holmes

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

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Curly Howard

Character: One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Moe Howard

Character: One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

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John Ireland

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

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Leatrice Joy

Character: Actress in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Walter Woolf King

Character: Beecher in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Diana Lewis

Character: Eve Wilson in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Edmund Lowe

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

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Chico Marx

Character: One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Groucho Marx

Character: One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Harpo Marx

Character: One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Grant Mitchell

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

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Owen Moore

Character: Dennis in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Karen Morley

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

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Jack Norton

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

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Anita Page

Character: Vivian Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Barnett Parker

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

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Herbert Prior

Character: Actor on Train in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jed Prouty

Character: Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Tom Ricketts

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

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Bert Roach

Character: Foster in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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George Tobias

Character: Actor in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Billy Wayne

Character: Fireman in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Huey White

Character: Actor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Peter Whitney

Character: Jake in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charles Williams

Character: Actor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Clarence Wilson

Character: Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Tammany Young

Character: Shif'less in 'Tugboat Annie' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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