4 Clowns (1970)

September. 01,1970

7.7

Robert Youngson once again compiles scenes from the golden age of comedy's silent film era. Laurel and Hardy are shown battling a gum machine, and Hardy is a debaucherous Romeo whose amorous plans are thwarted by Rex, the Wonder Horse. Charley Chase is hampered by hiccups and a female professor, and he fleeces a drunken Oliver Hardy with a mannequin in a nightclub. The third part finds bachelor Buster Keaton desperately trying to get married by 7:00 PM in order to collect a $7-million-dollar inheritance. Keaton is pursued by money-hungry prospects in one of the best chase scenes ever filmed. Narration is provided by Jay Jackson.

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Stan Laurel as (archive footage)

[2011] Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films [2011] Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic [2011] A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy [1964] The Big Parade of Comedy [1960] When Comedy Was King [1945] The Bullfighters

Oliver Hardy as (archive footage)

[2011] Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films [2011] Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic [2011] A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy [1996] Chaplin's Goliath [1964] The Big Parade of Comedy [1960] When Comedy Was King

Buster Keaton as (archive footage)

[2022] A Possible Future... [2019] Barney's Wall [2018] The Great Buster: A Celebration [2016] Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 [1966] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [1965] How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

Reviews

Redwarmin

1970/09/01

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Listonixio

1970/09/02

Fresh and Exciting

Ella-May O'Brien

1970/09/03

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Quiet Muffin

1970/09/04

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.