Ernst Lubitsch's post-Hollywood film 'So This Is Paris' (1926) is a poor match for katsuben (live silent film ...

A century after Charlie Chaplin's heyday, another man with a gift for silent comedy has become a worldwide star. Khaby Lame, who began making videos when he was laid off from his factory job in Italy ...

Sophie Simnett, the rising British star best known for Netflix’s post-apocalyptic comedy drama “Daybreak” and Brit crime feature “Twist,” is set to star alongside writer-actor Jack Whittle (“Tony!”) ...

A newly restored “It” launches Carlotta Films’ deal to bring Artcraft Pictures’ silent and early-sound catalogue to France ...

American comedy has strayed from the light of its ancestors. Gone are the days of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, when jokes and visual surprises flew at a mile a minute and ...

The largely forgotten work of unheralded but influential Vitagraph Studios is given new life thanks to the work of archivists and historians at the Library of Congress. While intrepid souls like film ...

If you’re more than a casual fan of the comedies of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, you might know Bobby Burns as a supporting player in their films. There was a time, however, before Laurel and Hardy’s ...