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Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952)
Short | 10 min | Documentary, Short

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Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952)

Short | 10 min | Documentary, Short

Actor Joe E. Brown narrates this compilation of film clips and behind-the-scenes footage of some of the screen's most famous comics, ranging from Ben Turpin and Fatty Arbuckle to W. C. Fields and Andy Clyde.

Director

Ralph Staub

Writer

Ralph Staub

Producer

Ralph Staub

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Updated Jan 24, 1952

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Jan 24, 1952 (United States)

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45 cast members

Name	Known for
Joe E. Brown Self / Narrator Self / Narrator See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Bud Abbott Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hold That Ghost (1941)
Gracie Allen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Coney Island (1917)
Mischa Auer Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	My Man Godfrey (1936)
Jack Benny Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Milton Berle Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
El Brendel Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Just Imagine (1930)
Smiley Burnette Smiley Burnette (archive footage) Smiley Burnette (archive footage) See fewer	Galloping Thunder (1946)
George Burns Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Oh, God! (1977)
Charles Butterworth Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	This Is the Army (1943)
Charles Chaplin Self (archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin) Self (archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin) See fewer	The Great Dictator (1940)
Charley Chase Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Neighborhood House (1936)
Andy Clyde Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Three Men from Texas (1940)
Jerry Colonna Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Chester Conklin Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Modern Times (1936)
Clyde Cook Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Brute (1927)
Lou Costello Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hold That Ghost (1941)
Bing Crosby Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	White Christmas (1954)
Joan Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hold That Ghost (1941)
Jimmy Durante Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Louise Fazenda Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The Bat (1926)
W.C. Fields Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Gift (1934)
Trixie Friganza Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Free and Easy (1930)
Billy Gilbert Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	His Girl Friday (1940)
Oliver Hardy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Saps at Sea (1940)
Bob Hope Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Chic Johnson Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Kay Kyser Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	You'll Find Out (1940)
Stan Laurel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Saps at Sea (1940)
Mary Livingstone Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	This Way Please (1937)
Chico Marx Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Duck Soup (1933)
Groucho Marx Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Night at the Opera (1935)
Harpo Marx Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Night at the Opera (1935)
Alan Mowbray Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	My Darling Clementine (1946)
Ken Murray Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Jack Oakie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Dictator (1940)
Ole Olsen Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Joe Penner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	College Rhythm (1934)
Zasu Pitts Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Greed (1924)
Martha Raye Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Al Ritz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
Harry Ritz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Gorilla (1939)
Jimmy Ritz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
Ben Turpin Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)