Laughter And Life (1928 1960)
Laughter and Life Presented by Sidney James. CHECK COPYRIGHT FOR FEATURE FILM MATERIAL. Reel 1 M, S of Sid James as he sits at a table and writes in a book. He speaks to camera: Hang on, I m just rewriting a diabolical He does his trademark laugh. He smiles and quotes: Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep He then begins to speculate on the power of laughter. He introduces a sequence of film clips by pointing out that there is a lot of violence and cruelty in much that is funny. Extract from a British silent comedy film. Nightclub setting, two women start a cat fight and their partners chase each other over and under dining tables. One of the men climbs up onto a balcony. Other men in the nightclub join in the proceedings. A stunt woman dangles from the balcony when part of it is pulled down. One woman pulls the other s skirt off. Slapstick antics. Sid informs us that one of the stars was Syd Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin s halfbrother. This is possibly an extrac
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