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A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!
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Story of a brilliant silent-film comic whose talent is overshadowed by his ego. full summary | add synopsis
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Reiner and Van Dyke at their non-TV best
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dick Van Dyke | ... | Billy Bright |
 | Michele Lee | ... | Mary Gibson |
 | Mickey Rooney | ... | Cockeye |
 | Cornel Wilde | ... | Frank Powers |
| Nina Wayne | ... | Sybil |
| Pert Kelton | ... | Mama |
 | Steve Allen | ... | Himself |
| Barbara Heller | ... | Ginger |
| Ed Peck | ... | Edwin G. Englehardt |
| Jeannine Riley | ... | Lorraine |
 | Gavin MacLeod | ... | 1st Director |
| Jay Novello | ... | Miguel |
| Craig Huebing | ... | Doctor |
| Paulene Myers | ... | Phoebe |
| Fritz Feld | ... | Armand |
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Billy Bright (USA) (working title)
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94 min
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While starring in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961), Van Dyke called up Stan Laurel to ask for permission to do a Laurel & Hardy bit in an episode. Laurel told him that neither he nor Hardy's heirs owned the rights to the characters. Van Dyke and Reiner were horrified that Laurel didn't even own the rights to his own face, and this picture is the result.
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Brilliantly realized tragicomedy in a Citizen Kane framework, obviously based on Buster Keaton. A tour de force for Dick Van Dyke, whose film work was inconsistent at best. But he nails Billy Bright from word one, and Carl Reiner's concise script gives him room to run. Reiner's no slouch, either; check the restaurant meeting for some biting wit on the Let's Do Lunch mentality. A boxoffice flop in '69-'70, tossed away on the lower half of double bills, or sent directly to subrun houses, this is a semi-classic that should be seen by all who love, or study, films.