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Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

Year:

1982

Duration:

USA:180 min (including commercials)

Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Jack Haley Jr.

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1982-05-16

Filming Locations: Hollywood and Vine, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Carol Burnett

Herself - Co-Host (also archive footage)

Jack Lemmon

Himself - Co-Host (also archive footage)

Walter Matthau

Himself - Co-Host (also archive footage)

Burt Reynolds

Himself - Co-Host (also archive footage)

Dom DeLuise

Himself - Co-Host (also archive footage)

Richard Pryor

Hinself - Co-Host (also archive footage)

Bud Abbott

Actor 'In Society' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eddie Acuff

Actor 'Leave It to Blondie' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Judith Allen

Actress 'The Old Fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Woody Allen

Actor 'Casino Royale' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Actor 'You Can't Take It with You' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Actor 'Fatty Joins the Force' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Asta

Actress unidentified 'Thin Man' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Baby LeRoy

Actor 'The Old-Fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lucille Ball

Actress unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Anne Bancroft

Actress 'Silent Movie' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

Actor unidentified 'Our Gang' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Louise Beavers

Actress 'She Done Him Wrong' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Scotty Beckett

Actor unidentified 'Our Gang' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wallace Beery

Actor 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Belushi

Actor 'Animal House' (archive footage) (uncredited)

William Bendix

Actor 'Srar-Spangled Rhythm (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack Benny

Actor unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edgar Bergen

Actor unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Bergman

Actor 'City Lights' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Actor unidentified Mack Sennett film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Blake

Actor unidentified 'Our Gang' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Actor 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eileen Brennan

Actress 'Private Benjamin' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lou Breslow

Actor 'Fatty Joins the force' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lloyd Bridges

Actor 'Airplane' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mel Brooks

Actor 'High Anxiety' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edward Brophy

Actor 'Wedding Present' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe E. Brown

Actor 'Some Like It Hot' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nigel Bruce

Actor 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Peter Bull

Actor 'Dr. Strangelove' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tommy Bupp

Actor 'It's a Gift' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sid Caesar

Actor 'Silent Movie' (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Cagney

Actor 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eric Campbell

Actor 'The Adventurer' (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Candy

Actor 'Stripes' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dyan Cannon

Actress 'Shamus' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eddie Cantor

Actor unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Philip Carey

Actor 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ron Carey

Actor 'History of the World, Part 1' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Art Carney

Actor unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leslie Caron

Actress 'Father Goose' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nancy Carroll

Actress 'Hot Saturday' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Chaplin

Actor 'The Adventurer' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Chevy Chase

Actor 'Caddyshack' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tommy Chong

Actor 'Up in Smoke' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Berton Churchill

Actor 'Angels Wash Their Faces' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jill Clayburgh

Actress 'Semi-Tough' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Actor 'Star Spangled Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe Cobb

Actor unidentified 'Our Gang' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Coburn

Actor 'Monkey Business' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Peter Coe

Actor 'Road to Bali' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Claudette Colbert

Actress 'It Happened One Night' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jerry Colonna

Actor 'Star Spangled Rhhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Chuck Connors

Actor 'Move Over Darling' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tim Conway

Actor 'The Private Eyes' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jackie Coogan

Actor 'The Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jackie Cooper

Actor unidentified 'Our Gang' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Cosby

Actor unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lou Costello

Actor 'In Society' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Broderick Crawford

Actor 'Born Yesterday' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Actor 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bing Crosby

Actor 'Road to Hong Kong' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ken Curtis

Actor 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tony Curtis

Actor 'Some Like It Hot' (archive footage) (uncredited)

William B. Davidson

Actor 'In Society' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mildred Davis

Actress 'Safety Last' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doris Day

Actress 'The Thrill of It All (archive footage) (uncredited)

Evelyn Del Rio

Actress 'The Bank Dick' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Melvyn Douglas

Actor 'Being There' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lesley-Anne Down

Actress 'Rough Cut' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marie Dressler

Actress 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jan Duggan

Actress 'The Old Fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Margaret Dumont

Actress 'A Night at the Opera' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Actor 'Million Dollar Legs' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Irene Dunne

Actress 'The Awful Truth' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Minta Durfee

Actress 'Fatty Joins the Force' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Clint Eastwood

Actor 'Every Which Way But Loose' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Zedna Farley

Actress 'The Dentist' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marty Feldman

Actor 'Young Frankenstein (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sally Field

Actress 'Hooper' (archive footage) (uncredited)

W.C. Fields

Actor 'The Dentist' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Larry Fine

Actor 'Soup to Nuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Finlayson

Actor 'Bohemian Girl' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Fonda

Actor 'The Lady Eve' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bernard Fox

Actor 'The Private Eyes' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kay Francis

Actress 'The Cocoanuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

William Frawley

Actor 'One Night in the Tropics' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Clark Gable

Actor 'It Happened One Night' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Greta Garbo

Actress 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Garner

Actor 'The Thrill of It All' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Teri Garr

Actress 'Young Frankenstein' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Betty Garrett

Actress 'Neptune's Daughter' (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Gielgud

Actor 'Arthur' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Billy Gilbert

Actor 'County Hospital' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack Gilford

Actor 'A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Forum' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Burton Gilliam

Actor 'Blazing Saddles (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jackie Gleason

Actor 'Smoky and the Bandit' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paulette Goddard

Actress 'Modern Times' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thomas Gomez

Actor 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leo Gorcey

Actor 'Angels Wash Their Faces' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Betty Grable

Actress 'Three for the Show' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

Actress 'The Dentist' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cary Grant

Actor 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Reed Hadley

Actor 'The Bank Dick' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Julie Hagerty

Actress 'Airplane' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack Haley

Actor unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Huntz Hall

Actor 'Angels Wash Their Faces' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Margaret Hamilton

Actor 'Angels Wash Their Faces' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Oliver Hardy

Actor 'Another Fine Mess' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jean Harlow

Actress 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Goldie Hawn

Actress 'Private Benjamin' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Hays

Actor 'Airplane' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Audrey Hepburn

Actress 'Charade' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Katharine Hepburn

Actress 'Adam's Rib' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gregory Hines

Actor 'History of the World, Part 1' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Judy Holliday

Actress 'Born Yesterday' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Darla Hood

Actress unidentified 'Our Gang' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bob Hope

Actor 'Star-Spagled Rhythm (archive footage) (uncredited)

Curly Howard

Actor 'Soup to Nuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kathleen Howard

Actress 'The Pharmacist' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Moe Howard

Actor 'Soup to Nuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Trevor Howard

Actor 'Father Goose' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary-Margaret Humes

Actress 'History of the World, Part 1' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Glynis Johns

Actress 'The Court Jester' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Chic Johnson

Actor 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Allan Jones

Actor 'One Night in the Tropics' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Madeline Kahn

Actress 'High Anxiety' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carol Kane

Actress 'The World's Greatest Lover' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Danny Kaye

Actor 'The Inspector General' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Buster Keaton

Actor 'Cops' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Diane Keaton

Actress 'Annie Hall' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Grace Kelly

Actress 'To Catch a Thief' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Percy Kilbride

Actor 'Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Don Knotts

Actor 'The Private Eyes' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harvey Korman

Actor 'History of the World Part 1' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kris Kristofferson

Actor 'Semi-Tough' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bert Lahr

Actor unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Arthur Lake

Actor 'Leave It to Blondie' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dorothy Lamour

Actress 'Road to Bali' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Langdon

Actor unidentified Mack Sennett film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stan Laurel

Actor 'Another Fine Mess' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jerry Lewis

Actor 'Sailor Beware' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cleavon Little

Actor 'Blazing Saddles' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harold Lloyd

Actor 'Safety Last' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Perry Lopez

Actor 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sophia Loren

Actress 'Houseboat' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edmund Lowe

Actor 'Every Day's a Holiday' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Myrna Loy

Actress unidentified 'Thin Man' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marjorie Main

Actress 'Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hank Mann

Actor 'City Lights' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cheech Marin

Actor 'Up in Smoke' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marion Marshall

Actress 'Star Spangled Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dean Martin

Actor 'Sailor Beware' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Steve Martin

Actor 'The Jerk' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Chico Marx

Actress 'The Cocoanuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Groucho Marx

Actor 'Monkey Business' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harpo Marx

Actor 'The Cocoanuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elaine May

Actress 'California Suite' (archive footage) (uncredited)

George 'Spanky' McFarland

Actor unidentified 'Our Gang' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Miljan

Actor 'Belle of the Nineties' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marilyn Monroe

Actress 'Some Like It Hot' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Colleen Moore

Actress unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dudley Moore

Actor 'Arthur' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe Morrison

Actor 'The Old Fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Zero Mostel

Actor 'A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Forum' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

Actor 'The Old-fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Murray

Actor 'Stripes' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mildred Natwick

Actress 'The Court Jester' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leslie Nielsen

Actor 'Airplane' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mabel Normand

Actress unidentified Mack Sennett film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Donald O'Connor

Actor 'Singin' in the Rain' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack Oakie

Actor unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ole Olson

Actor 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Franklin Pangborn

Actor 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cecil Parker

Actor 'The Court Jester' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Slim Pickens

Actor 'Blazing Saddles' (archive footage) (uncredited)

William Powell

Actor unidentified 'Thin Man' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Quinn

Actor 'Bustin' Loose' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jessie Ralph

Actress 'The Bank Dick' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Basil Rathbone

Actor 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martha Raye

Actress unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan

Actor 'Bedside for Bonzo' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tracy Reed

Actress 'A Shot in the Dark' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lee Remick

Actress 'Days of Wine and Roses' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Debbie Reynolds

Actress 'THe Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thelma Ritter

Actress 'Move Over, Darling' (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Ritz Brothers

Actor 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Al Ritz

Actor 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Ritz

Actor 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jimmy Ritz

Actor 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ginger Rogers

Actress 'Monkey Business' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gilbert Roland

Actor 'She Done Him Wrong' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mickey Rooney

Actor 'Love Finds Andy Hardy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rosalind Russell

Actress 'The Women' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Actor Modern Times' (archive footage) (uncredited)

George C. Scott

Actor 'Dr. Strangelove' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vito Scotti

Actor 'How Sweet It Is' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Peter Sellers

Actor 'Casino Royale' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mack Sennett

Himself 'The Hollywood KId' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Penny Singleton

Actress 'leave It to Blondie' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Red Skelton

Actor 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alison Skipworth

Actress 'Tillie and Gus' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walter Slezak

Actor 'The Inspector General' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Stack

Actor 'Airplane' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barbara Stanwyck

Actress 'The Lady Eve' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Graham Stark

Actor 'Casino Royale' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ford Sterling

Actor unidentified Mack Sennett film. (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barbra Streisand

Actress 'For Pete's Sake' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mack Swain

Actor 'The Gold Rush' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gloria Swanson

Actress unidentified Mack Sennett film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer

Actor unidentified 'Our Gang' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas

Actor unidentified 'Our Gang' film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kenneth Tobey

Actor 'Airplane' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lily Tomlin

Actress 'Nine to Five' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spencer Tracy

Actor 'Adam's Rib' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ben Turpin

Actor 'His New Job' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Murvyn Vye

Actor 'Road to Bali' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sam Wanamaker

Actor 'Private Benjamin' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mae West

Actress 'My Little Chicckadee (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gene Wilder

Actor Young Frankenstein' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert J. Wilke

Actor 'Stripes' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Esther Williams

Actress 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hal Williams

Actor 'Private Benjamin' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Grant Withers

Actor 'Goin' to Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cora Witherspoon

Actress 'The Bank Dick' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Woods

Actor 'Monkey Business' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tammany Young

Actor 'Six of a Kind' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The test footage of Sellers as Napoleon is from an undetermined film... possibly Stanley Kubrick's proposed 1969 film on the French emperor, which was never made.