The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

  • Runtime

    1h 30m

  • Language

    EN

  • Production Countries

    United States of America

  • Release Date

    1964-09-02

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

  • Clark Gable

    Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
  • Jean Harlow

    Ruby in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
  • Cary Grant

    Andre Charville (archive footage)
  • Spencer Tracy

    Haggerty in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage)
  • Katharine Hepburn

    Tracy Lord (archive footage)
  • W.C. Fields

    Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
  • Stan Laurel

    Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
  • Oliver Hardy

    Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
  • William Powell

    Nick Charles (archive footage)
  • Myrna Loy

    Nora Charles (archive footage)
  • Lucille Ball

    Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)
  • Red Skelton

    Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)
  • Robert Taylor

    Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)
  • Greta Garbo

    Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage)
  • Joan Crawford

    Bobby (archive footage)
  • Marie Dressler

    Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
  • Wallace Beery

    Terry (archive footage)
  • Bud Abbott

    Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
  • Lou Costello

    Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
  • Carole Lombard

    Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
  • Buster Keaton

    Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
  • Ted Healy

    Reporter in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
  • Franchot Tone

    Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
  • Melvyn Douglas

    Leon (archive footage)
  • Robert Benchley

    Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
  • Marion Davies

    Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)
  • Lee Tracy

    Space in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
  • Polly Moran

    Sarah in 'China Bound' (archive footage)
  • Gail Patrick

    Isobel Grayson in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage)
  • Lewis Stone

    Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
  • Bert Lahr

    The Commander (archive footage)
  • Nat Pendleton

    William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
  • Chester Morris

    Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
  • Lupe Vélez

    Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
  • Freddie Bartholomew

    David Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
  • Zasu Pitts

    Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
  • Karl Dane

    Sharkey Nye in 'China Bound' (archive footage)
  • George K. Arthur

    Bellhop in 'Detectives' (archive footage)
  • Leo Carrillo

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

    Asta in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage)
  • Dave O'Brien

    Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
  • James Finlayson

    Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
  • Les Tremayne

    Narrator (voice)
  • Elizabeth Allan

    Mrs. Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
  • Robert Barrat

    Baxter in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jack Baxley

    Actor in 'A Night at the Movies' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Monta Bell

    Self - Director of 'Pretty Ladies' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
  • Lionel Belmore

    Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Tod Browning

    Self - Director of 'The Mystic' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Burgess

    Gypsy in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Richard Carle

    Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John Carroll

    Terry Turner in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Nora Cecil

    Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Charlie Chaplin

    Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • E. E. Clive

    Cosgrove Dabney in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
  • Louise Closser Hale

    Hattie Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
  • Lew Cody

    Tip Scanlon in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
  • Elisha Cook Jr.

    Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jeff Corey

    Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Josephine Crowell

    Css van Alstyne in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
  • Frank Dawson

    Butler in 'Suzy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Marceline Day

    Lois in 'Detectives' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Edgar Dearing

    Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Brian Donlevy

    Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
  • Douglas Fairbanks

    Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Larry Fine

    One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Willie Fung

    Willie in 'Too Hot to Handle' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John Gilbert

    Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Ferdinand Gottschalk

    Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Charley Grapewin

    Mr. Bane in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Harry Gribbon

    Cop in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • William Haines

    Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Winifred Harris

    Actress in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Phillips Holmes

    Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
  • Curly Howard

    One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Moe Howard

    One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John Ireland

    Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
  • Leatrice Joy

    Actress in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Walter Woolf King

    Beecher in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Diana Lewis

    Eve Wilson in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Edmund Lowe

    Dr. Wayne Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
  • Chico Marx

    One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Groucho Marx

    One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Harpo Marx

    One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Grant Mitchell

    Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Owen Moore

    Dennis in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Karen Morley

    Lucy Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jack Norton

    Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Anita Page

    Vivian Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Barnett Parker

    Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
  • Herbert Prior

    Actor on Train in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jed Prouty

    Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Tom Ricketts

    Butler in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Bert Roach

    Foster in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • George Tobias

    Actor in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Billy Wayne

    Fireman in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Huey White

    Actor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Peter Whitney

    Jake in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Charles Williams

    Actor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Clarence Wilson

    Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Tammany Young

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

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