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Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Wallace Beery, Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, Edgar Kennedy, Keystone Kops, Stan Laurel, Mabel Normand, Gloria Swanson, Ben Turpin, and The Sennett Girls in When Comedy Was King (1960)

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At one point, narrator Dwight Weist remarks that a quarter century has passed since the death of Harry Langdon. In fact, he died in December of 1944, just over 15 years before this film was released.
In the prologue, narrator Dwight Weist invites the viewer to enjoy "for the next 90 minutes..." The film runs only 81 minutes.
Narrator Dwight Weist refers to Marion Byron as "Marion Brian".

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Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Wallace Beery, Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, Edgar Kennedy, Keystone Kops, Stan Laurel, Mabel Normand, Gloria Swanson, Ben Turpin, and The Sennett Girls in When Comedy Was King (1960)
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