The Big Parade of Comedy poster

The Big Parade of Comedy

Laughs of a lifetime... with 50 fabulous stars!

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

Genres: Comedy, Documentary

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 90 minutes

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Clark Gable

Played Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)

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Jean Harlow

Played Ruby in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)

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Cary Grant

Played Andre Charville (archive footage)

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Spencer Tracy

Played Haggerty in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage)

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Katharine Hepburn

Played Tracy Lord (archive footage)

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W.C. Fields

Played Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)

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Stan Laurel

Played Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

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Oliver Hardy

Played Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

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William Powell

Played Nick Charles (archive footage)

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Myrna Loy

Played Nora Charles (archive footage)

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Lucille Ball

Played Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)

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Red Skelton

Played Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)

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Robert Taylor

Played Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)

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Greta Garbo

Played Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage)

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Joan Crawford

Played Bobby (archive footage)

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Marie Dressler

Played Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)

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Wallace Beery

Played Terry (archive footage)

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Bud Abbott

Played Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

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Lou Costello

Played Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

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Carole Lombard

Played Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

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Buster Keaton

Played Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)

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Ted Healy

Played Reporter in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

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Franchot Tone

Played Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

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Melvyn Douglas

Played Leon (archive footage)

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Robert Benchley

Played Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

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Marion Davies

Played Tina in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage)

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Lee Tracy

Played Space in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

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Polly Moran

Played Sarah in 'China Bound' (archive footage)

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Gail Patrick

Played Isobel Grayson in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage)

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Lewis Stone

Played Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)

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Bert Lahr

Played The Commander (archive footage)

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Nat Pendleton

Played William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

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Chester Morris

Played Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

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Lupe Vélez

Played Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

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Freddie Bartholomew

Played David Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)

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Zasu Pitts

Played Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

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Karl Dane

Played Sharkey Nye in 'China Bound' (archive footage)

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George K. Arthur

Played Bellhop in 'Detectives' (archive footage)

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Leo Carrillo

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

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Skippy

Played Asta in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage)

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Dave O'Brien

Played Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)

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James Finlayson

Played Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)

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Les Tremayne

Played Narrator (voice)

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Elizabeth Allan

Played Mrs. Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

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Robert Barrat

Played Baxter in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jack Baxley

Played Actor in 'A Night at the Movies' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Monta Bell

Played Self - Director of 'Pretty Ladies' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

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Lionel Belmore

Played Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Tod Browning

Played Self - Director of 'The Mystic' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Dorothy Burgess

Played Gypsy in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Richard Carle

Played Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)

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John Carroll

Played Terry Turner in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Nora Cecil

Played Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charlie Chaplin

Played Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

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E. E. Clive

Played Cosgrove Dabney in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

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Louise Closser Hale

Played Hattie Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

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Lew Cody

Played Tip Scanlon in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

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Elisha Cook Jr.

Played Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jeff Corey

Played Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Josephine Crowell

Played Css van Alstyne in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

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Frank Dawson

Played Butler in 'Suzy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Marceline Day

Played Lois in 'Detectives' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Edgar Dearing

Played Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Brian Donlevy

Played Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)

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Douglas Fairbanks

Played Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Larry Fine

Played One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Willie Fung

Played Willie in 'Too Hot to Handle' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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John Gilbert

Played Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Ferdinand Gottschalk

Played Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charley Grapewin

Played Mr. Bane in 'Libeled Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Harry Gribbon

Played Cop in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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William Haines

Played Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Winifred Harris

Played Actress in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Phillips Holmes

Played Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

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Curly Howard

Played One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Moe Howard

Played One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

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John Ireland

Played Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

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Leatrice Joy

Played Actress in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Walter Woolf King

Played Beecher in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Diana Lewis

Played Eve Wilson in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Edmund Lowe

Played Dr. Wayne Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)

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Chico Marx

Played One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Groucho Marx

Played One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Harpo Marx

Played One of The Marx Brothers (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Grant Mitchell

Played Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Owen Moore

Played Dennis in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Karen Morley

Played Lucy Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jack Norton

Played Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Anita Page

Played Vivian Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Barnett Parker

Played Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

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Herbert Prior

Played Actor on Train in 'Reducing' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jed Prouty

Played Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Tom Ricketts

Played Butler in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Bert Roach

Played Foster in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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George Tobias

Played Actor in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Billy Wayne

Played Fireman in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Huey White

Played Actor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Peter Whitney

Played Jake in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charles Williams

Played Actor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Clarence Wilson

Played Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Tammany Young

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

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