8 Hilarious Silent Comedies
If you’ve never seen Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, or Harold Lloyd, these are some good ones. (I would start with Chaplin or Keaton, then Lloyd later—he’s enjoyable but I wouldn’t put him on quite the same level as the first two.) They’re relatively short (an hour to an hour and a half, and Sherlock Jr. is only 45 minutes), and many of them are now in the public domain and available to watch on YouTube and elsewhere. Even my kids like them!
Contains the iconic scene of Lloyd dangling from the hand... more
A wealthy man accidentally funds a mission without realiz... more
A young man returns home to the South and ends up enmeshe... more
A projectionist is framed for stealing a pocket watch and... more
Contains the famous gag where the front of a house falls ... more
A prospector tries to get rich in Alaska. The fact that t... more
The Tramp falls in love with a blind girl and tries to ge... more
City Lights notwithstanding, this is my favorite Chaplin,... more
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