Il comico
Il protagonista di questa storia è un attore comico dell'epoca del muto. In sua compagnia riviviamo i magici momenti in cui i primi cineasti cercavano di coinvolgere emotivamente gli spettatori facendoli piangere e ridere e, allo stesso tempo, cercavano e creavano un linguaggio nuovo. L'attore è particolarmente versato nell cosiddette "comiche" basate tutte sul ritmo, sugli inseguimenti dei poliziotti e sulle torte in faccia. Una via di mezzo tra Chaplin e Buster Keaton.
Trailer
Cast
Isabel Sanford
Woman
Jay Novello
Miguel
Peter Brocco
Minister (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
Kenner G. Kemp
Theatre Doorman (uncredited)
Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Bell
Jean Willes
Denise in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Winslow
Organist (uncredited)
Fritz Feld
Armand
Jack Berle
Minor Role (uncredited)
Mark Russell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)
Pert Kelton
Mama Bell
Ethelreda Leopold
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Paul Russell
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
Rex Benson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Leonard Frey
Talk Show Guest (uncredited)
Suzie Kaye
Amanda Lou Phipps (uncredited)
Howard Morris
Pedestrian Gag Man in 'Love Honor and Oh Boy' (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert
Prison Warden in Film (uncredited)
Mantan Moreland
Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)
William H. O'Brien
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Johnny Silver
Little Man (uncredited)
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Dick Van Dyke
Billy Bright
Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
Maurice Dallimore
Lord Faversham
William Boyce
Minor Role (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)
Mickey Rooney
Cockeye
Calvin Coolidge
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Irene Tedrow
Billy's Mother in 'Forget Me Not' (uncredited)
Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt
Billy Curtis
Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)
Paulene Myers
Phoebe
Jeff Donnell
Nurse
Barbara Heller
Ginger
Carl Reiner
Al Schilling
Luis Delgado
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ward Ramsey
Officer (uncredited)
Johnny Weissmüller
Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gavin MacLeod
1st Director