The Past of Comedy

Most of these comedians we collected were in silent movies (eg. Charlie Chaplin) but not all. Comedy has certainly changed since then, adding new technology changing from the silent film era.

Personally, (Bryan) I don't find silent films funny.
(Keith) Comedy has certaainly changed over the years.
 

 These are some of the past comedians. We've found a collection of a few of the comedy greats.

 FATTY ARBUCKLE (1915) :-] Seven rare short films featuring Fatty Arbuckle.
"Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day" -
"Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition" -
"Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life" -
"Fatty's New Role" -
"Fatty's Faithful Fido" -
"Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers" -
"Fatty'sTintype Tangle" Many of these films also feature Mabel Normand and Al St. John. These films cost about  $16.95 American.
 
 
 
 
 

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Kaufman, Andy

Comedian-provocateur primarily
  remembered for playing
  squeaky-voiced auto mechanic
  Latka Gravas on TV's Taxi
  (1978-1983), but posthumously
  worshipped for the Dadaist
  provocations he staged on
  network television. Kaufman
  redefined comedy in the 1970s
  with his peculiar, often jokeless,
  routines: his repertoire included reading deadpan from The Great
  Gatsby until drowned out by the roar of the audience's displeasure;
  eating a bowl of potatoes and then crawling into a sleeping bag for
  25 minutes before emerging to perform an uncanny Elvis
  impersonation; and frantically lip-synching the Mighty Mouse theme
  song. Among Kaufman's many media stunts, the most outlandish was
  his venture into wrestling--beginning in 1979 the comedian staged
  bouts exclusively against women and declared himself the world's
  "Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion." When Kaufman took on his
  first male opponent, the heavyweight Jerry Lawler, after a public
  feud, the comedian ended up in a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital with
  a badly injured vertebrae. When Kaufman died in 1984 of lung
  cancer, it was believed by some that he was perpetrating another
  stunt by faking his own death, a rumor fueled by Kaufman's
  prediction of his return from the dead on his 50th birthday (January
  17, 1999).
      R.E.M.'s 1992 song "Man in the Moon" was inspired by
  Kaufman, and singer/performance artist Laurie Anderson has also
  recorded a Kaufman tribute. In 1997 Variety reported that Scott
  Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the writing duo behind The
  People vs. Larry Flynt, had penned a film about Kaufman's life
  under the aegis of Jersey Films, the production company of
  Kaufman's Taxi co-star Danny DeVito.

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was many things to many people. He was first and foremost a great silent artist.

These are all the movies Charlie Chaplin was in:

Making a Living (1914) - Cast: Virginia Kirtley, Alice Davenport, Henry Lehrman, Minta Durfee, and Chester
Conklin. Directed by Henry Lehrman.
 

Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) - Cast: Henry Lehrman, Frank D. Williams, and Billy Jacobs. Directed by Henry
Lehrman.

Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914) - Cast: Mabel Normand, Chester Conklin, Alice Davenport, Harry McCoy,
Hank Mann, and Al St. John. Directed by Henry Lehrman and Mack Sennett.
 

Between Showers (1914) - Cast: Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin, and Emma Clifton. Directed by Henry Lehrman.

A Film Johnnie (1914) - Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, Virginia Kirtley, Minta Durfee, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, and Mack Sennett. Directed by George Nichols.

Tango Tangles (1914) - Cast: Ford Sterling, Roscoe Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, and Minta Durfee. Directed by
Mack Sennett.

His Favorite Pastime (1914) - Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, and Peggy Pearce. Directed by George Nichols.

Cruel, Cruel Love (1914) - Cast: Chester Conklin, Minta Durfee, and Alice Davenport. Directed by George Nichols.

The Star Boarder (1914) - Cast: Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Gordon Griffith, and Alice Davenport. Directed by
     George Nichols.

Mabel at the Wheel (1914) - Cast: Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, Chester Conklin, Mack Sennett, Al St. John,
     Fred Mace, Joe Bordeaux, and Mack Swain. Directed by Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett.

20 Minutes of Love (1914) - Cast: Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Gordon Griffith, Chester Conklin, and Hank Mann. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Caught in a Cabaret (1914) - Cast: Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, Chester Conklin, Edgar Kennedy, Minta
Durfee, Alice Davenport, and Hank Mann. Directed by Mabel Normand.

Caught in the Rain (1914) - Cast: Mack Swain, Alice Davenport, and Alice Howell. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

A Busy Day (1914) - Cast: Mack Swain, and Phyllis Allen. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Fatal Mallet (1914) - Cast: Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, and Mack Swain. Directed by Mack Sennett.

Her Friend the Bandit (1914) - Cast: Mabel Normand and Charles Murray. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Knockout (1914) - Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Al St. John, Hank Mann, Mack
Swain, Mack Sennett, Alice Howell, Charles Parrott, (Charlie Chase), and Eddie Cline. Directed by Charles Avery.

Mabel's Busy Day (1914) - Cast: Mabel Normand, Chester Conklin, Slim Summerville, Billie Bennett, Edgar
     Kennedy, Al St. John, Charles Parrott (Charlie Chase), and Mack Sennett. Directed by Mabel Normand.

Mabel's Married Life (1914) - Cast: Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Alice Howell, Hank Mann, Charles Murray,
 Harry McCoy, and Al St. John. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Laughing Gas (1914) - Cast: Fritz Schade, Alice Howell, Joseph Sutherland, Slim Summerville, and Mack Swain.
     Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Property Man (1914) - Cast: Fritz Schade, Phyllis Allen, Alice Davenport, and Mack Sennett. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914) - Cast: Cecile Arnold, Fritz Schade, Vivian Edwards, and
Chester Conklin. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Recreation (1914) - Cast: Charles Murray and Norma Nichols. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Masquerader (1914) - Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, Charles Murray, Fritz Schade, Minta Durfee,
Cecile Arnold, and Charles Parrott (Charlie Chase). Directed by Charles Chaplin.

His New Profession (1914) - Cast: Minta Durfee, Fritz Schade, Charles Parrott, (Charlie Chase) and Cecile Arnold.
Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Rounders (1914) - Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, Phyllis Allen, Minta Durfee, Al St. John, Fritz Schade, Wallace MacDonald, and Charles Parrott (Charlie Chase). Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The New Janitor (1914) - Cast: Fritz Schade, Jack Dillon, Minta Durfee, and Al St. John. Directed by Charles
Chaplin.

Those Love Pangs (1914) - Cast: Chester Conklin, Cecile Arnold, Vivian Edwards, and Edgar Kennedy. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Dough and Dynamite (1914) - Cast: Chester Conklin, Fritz Schade, Norma Nichols, Cecile Arnold, Vivian Edwards,
Phyllis Allen, Jack Dillon, Edgar Kennedy, Slim Summerville, and Charles Parrott (Charlie Chase). Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) - Cast: Mack Swain, Mabel Normand, Chester Conklin, Phyllis Allen, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Parrott (Charlie Chase), and Alice Davenport. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

His Musical Career (1914) - Cast: Mack Swain, Charles Parrott (Charlie Chase), Fritz Schade, Joe Bordeaux, and
Alice Howell. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

His Trysting Place (1914) - Cast: Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, and Phyllis Allen. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)  - Cast: Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Charles
Bennett, Charles Murray, Charles Parrott (Charlie Chase), Edgar Kennedy, Harry McCoy, Minta Durfee, Phyllis Allen, Alice Davenport, Slim Summerville, Al St. John, Wallace MacDonald, Joe Bordeaux, G.G. Ligon, Gordon Griffith, Billie Bennett, and Rev. D. Simpson. Directed by Mack Sennett.

Getting Acquainted (1914) - Cast: Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, Edgar Kennedy, and Cecile Arnold. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

His Prehistoric Past (1914)  - Cast: Mack Swain, Gene Marsh, Fritz Schade, Cecile Arnold, and Al St.
John. Directed by Charles Chaplin.
 
 

His New Job (1915) - Cast: Ben Turpin, Charlotte Mineau, Charles Insley, Leo White, Frank J. Coleman, Bud Jamison, Gloria Swanson, Agnes Ayres, and Billy Armstrong. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

A Night Out (1915) - Cast: Ben Turpin, Bud Jamison, Edna Purviance, and Leo White. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

His Regeneration (1915) - Cast: Bronco Billy Anderson, Marguerite Clayton, Lee Willard, Hazel Applegate, and
Charlie Chaplin in a cameo. Directed by Bronco Billy Anderson.

The Champion (1915) - Cast: Lloyd Bacon, Edna Purviance, Leo White, Bud Jamison, Billy Armstrong, Carl
Stockdale, Paddy McGuire, Ben Turpin, and G.M. (Bronco Billy) Anderson. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

In the Park (1915) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Leo White, Margie Reiger, Lloyd Bacon, Bud Jamison, Billy
     Armstrong, and Ernest Van Pelt. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

 A Jitney Elopement (1915)  - Cast: Edna Purviance, Fred Goodwins, Leo White, Lloyd
Bacon, Paddy McGuire, Carl Stockdale, Ernest Van Pelt, and Bud Jamison. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Tramp (1915)  - Cast: Edna Purviance, Fred Goodwins, Lloyd Bacon, Paddy McGuire, Billy
Armstrong, Leo White, and Ernest Van Pelt. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

By the Sea (1915)  - Cast: Billy Armstrong, Margie Reiger, Bud Jamison, Edna Purviance, Paddy McGuire, and Carl Stockdale. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Work (1915) - Cast: Charles Insley, Edna Purviance, Billy Armstrong, Marta Golden, Leo White, and Paddy McGuire. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

A Woman (1915)  - Cast: Edna Purviance, Marta Golden, Charles Insley, Margie Reiger, Billy Armstrong,
and Leo White. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Bank (1915) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Carl Stockdale, Billy Armstrong, Charles Insley, Lawrence A. Bowes, John Rand, Leo White, Fred Goodwins, Bud Jamison, and Lloyd Bacon. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Shanghaied (1915) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, John Rand, Bud Jamison, Billy Armstrong, Lawrence A. Bowes, Paddy McGuire, Leo White, and Fred Goodwins. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

A Night in the Show (1915)  - Cast: Edna Purviance, Charlotte Mineau, Dee Lampton, Wesley Ruggles, John Rand, James T. Kelley, and Paddy McGuire. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (1916) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Ben Turpin, Leo White, John Rand, Jack
Henderson, May White, Bud Jamison, and Wesley Ruggles. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Police (1916) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, James T. Kelley, Leo White, John Rand, Fred Goodwins, Billy Armstrong, and Bud Jamison. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Floorwalker (1916) - Cast: Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin, Leo White, Charlotte
Mineau, and James T. Kelley. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Fireman (1916)  - Cast: Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Eric Campbell, Leo White, Albert Austin, John Rand, James T. Kelley, and Frank J. Coleman. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Vagabond (1916) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White, Lloyd Bacon, Charlotte Mineau, Albert
Austin, John Rand, James T. Kelley, and Frank J. Coleman. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

One A.M. (1916) - Cast: Albert Austin. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Count (1916) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, May White, Leo White, Charlotte Mineau, Albert Austin, Stanley Sanford, John Rand, James T. Kelley, Leota Bryan, and Loyal Underwood. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Pawnshop (1916) - Cast: Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, John Rand, Albert Austin, Wesley Ruggles, EricCampbell, James T. Kelley, and Frank J. Coleman. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Behind the Screen (1916) - Cast: Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin, JohnRand, Leo White, Frank J. Coleman, Charlotte Mineau, Leota Bryan, Wesley Ruggles, Tom Wood, and James T. Kelley. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Rink (1916)  - Cast: Edna Purviance, James T. Kelley, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin, Frank J. Coleman, John Rand, Charlotte Mineau, and Leota Bryan. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Easy Street (1917)  - Cast: Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman, Loyal
Underwood, Janet Miller Sully, Charlotte Mineau, Tom Wood, Lloyd Bacon, Frank J. Coleman, and John Rand.
Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Cure (1917) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, John Rand, James
T. Kelley, Frank J. Coleman, Leota Bryan, Tom Wood, Janet Miller Sully, and Loyal Underwood. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Immigrant (1917) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Kitty Bradbury, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman,
Loyal Underwood, Eric Campbell, Stanley Sanford, James T. Kelley, John Rand, Frank J. Coleman, and Tom Harrington. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Adventurer (1917) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Marta Golden, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin, Toraichi Kono, John Rand, Frank J. Coleman, Loyal Underwood, and May White. Directed by Charles Chaplin.
 

A Dog's Life (1918) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Mut, Sydney Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Charles Riesner, Albert Austin, Tom Wilson, and M.J. McCary. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Bond (1918) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Henry Bergman, and Dorothy Rosher. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Chaplin-Lauder Charity Film (unreleased) - Cast: Harrry Lauder Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Shoulder Arms (1918) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Jack Wilson, John Rand, Park Jones, and Loyal
     Underwood. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Sunnyside (1919) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Tom Wilson, Tom Terriss, Henry Bergman, and Loyal Underwood. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

A Day's Pleasure (1919) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Marion Feducha, Bob Kelly, Jackie Coogan, Tom Wilson, Babe London, Henry Bergman, Loyal Underwood, and Albert Austin. Directed by Charles Chaplin.
 

The Nut (1921) - Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, William Lowery, Gerald Pring, Morris Hughes Barbara La Marr, and Charlie Chaplin as himself in a cameo. Directed by Theodore Reed.
 

The Kid (1921)- Cast: Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Baby Hathaway, Carl Miller, Granville Redmond,
May White, Tom Wilson, Henry Bergman, Charles Riesner, Raymond Lee, and Lillita McMurray (Lita Grey). Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Idle Class (1921) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Mack Swain, Henry Bergman, Allan Garcia, John Rand, Rex Storey, Lillita McMurray (Lita Grey), and Loyal Underwood. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Payday (1922) - Cast: Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Albert Austin, John Rand, Loyal Underwood, Henry Bergman, and Allan Garcia. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Pilgrim (1923) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Kitty Bradbury, Mack Swain, Loyal Underwood,
Charles Riesner, Dinky Dean (Riesner), Sydney Chaplin, May Wells, Henry Bergman, Tom Murray, Monta Bell, and Raymond Lee. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Professor (unreleased) Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Souls for Sale (1923) - Cast: Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch, Barbara La Marr, Richard Dix, Frank Mayo, Lew Cody, Arthur Hoyt, David Imboden, Roy Atwell, William Orlamond, Forrest Robinson, Edith Yorke, Dale Fuller, Snitz Edwards, Jack Richardson, Aileen Pringle, Eve Southern, May Milloy, Sylvia Ashton, Margaret Bourne, Fred A. Kelsey, Jed Prouty, Yale Boss, William Haines, George Morgan, Auld Thomas, Leo Willis, Walter Perry, Sam Damen, R.H. Johnson, Rush Hughes, L.J. O'Connor, and Charles Murphy. Celebrity Cameos: K.C.B., Hugo Ballin, Mabel Ballin, T. Roy Barnes, Barbara Bedford, Hobart Bosworth, Charles Chaplin, Chester Conklin, William H. Crane, Elliott Dexter, Robert Edeson, Claude Gillingwater, Dagmar Godowsky, Raymond Griffith, Elaine Hammerstein, Jean Haskell, Alice Lake, Bessie Love, June Mathis, Patsy Ruth Miller, Marshall Neilan, Fred Niblo, Anna Q. Nilsson, ZaSu Pitts, John Sainpolis, Milton Sills, Anita Stewart, Erich von Stroheim, Blanche Sweet, Florence Vidor, King Vidor, Johnnie Walker, George Walsh, Kathlyn Williams, and Claire Windsor. Directed by Rupert Hughes.

A Woman of Paris (1923) - Cast: Edna Purviance, Adolph Menjou, Carl Miller, Lydia Knott, Charles French, Clarence Geldert, Betty Morrissey, Malvina Polo, Henry Bergman, Harry Northrup, Nellie Bly Baker, and Charles Chaplin in a cameo. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Gold Rush  - Cast: Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Betty Morrissey, Kay
 Desleys, Joan Lowell, Malcolm Waite, Henry Bergman, John Rand, Heinie Conklin, Albert Austin, Allan Garcia, Tom Wood, Stanley Sanford, Barbara Pierce, A.J. O'Connor, Art Walker, and Daddy Taylor. Directed by Charles Chaplin. In 1925, this film was on the N.Y. Times "Top 10 Film List." Note: The Gold Rush was re-issued in 1942, with re-editing, narration and an original musical score by Chaplin. The re-issue also made the N.Y. Times "Top 10 Film List" for 1942.

Show People (M-G-M, 1928) - Cast: Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson, Polly Moran, Harry Gribbon, Sidney Bracey, Paul Ralli, and a glittering roster of star cameos by John Gilbert, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Charlie Chaplin, William S. Hart, Norma Talmadge, Mae Murray, Rod La Rocque, Renee Adoree, Leatrice Joy, George K. Arthur, Karl Dane, Aileen Pringle, Claire Windsor, Estelle Taylor, Louella Parsons, Dorothy Sebastian, Robert Z. Leonard, and King Vidor! Directed by King Vidor. In 1928, Show People was on the N.Y. Times "Top 10 Film List."

The Circus (1928)  - Cast: Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman, Stanley Sanford, George Davis, Betty Morrissey, John Rand, Armand Triller, Steve Murphy, Bill Knight, and Jack Pierce. Directed by Charles Chaplin. In 1928, this film was on the N.Y. Times "Top 10 Film List."

City Lights (1931) - Cast: Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Hank Mann, Eddie Baker, Tom Dempsey, Eddie McAuliffe, Willie Keeler, Victor Alexander, Tony Stabeman, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, and John Rand. Directed by Charles Chaplin. In 1931, this film was on the N.Y. Times "Top 10 Film List."

Modern Times (1936)  - Cast: Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Stanley J. Sanford, Chester Conklin,
Wilfred Lucas, Hank Mann, Louis Natheaux, Stanley Bylstone, Allan Garcia, Sam Stein, and Heinie Conklin. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

The Great Dictator (1940) - Cast: Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert, Maurice Moskovich, Chester Conklin, Eddie Gribbon, Leo White, and Gloria De Haven. Directed by Charles Chaplin. In 1940, this film was on the N.Y. Times "Top 10 Film List."

Monsieur Verdoux (1947) - Cast: Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom, Marilyn Nash, Robert Lewis, Mady Correl, Allison
Roddan, Irving Bacon, William Frawley, and Fred Karno, Jr. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

Limelight (1952) - Cast: Claire Bloom, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin, Normand Lloyd, Marjorie Bennett, Wheeler Dryden, Nigel Bruce, Snub Pollard, Loyal Underwood, Charles Chaplin, Jr., Michael Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin, and Josephine Chaplin. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

A King in New York (1957) - Cast: Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston, Don Addams, Michael
Chaplin, and Laurie Lupino Lane. Directed by Charles Chaplin.

A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) - Cast: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Pactrick
Cargill, Margaret Rutherford, Geraldine Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin, and Charles Chaplin in a cameo. Directed by Charles Chaplin. Chaplin did not appear prominently in this film.

The Gentleman Tramp (1975) - Compilation documentary, with newly filmed scenes of Chaplin at his home in Switzerland.

Abbott & Costello

Abbott & Costello were one of the greatest comedy teams in the history
of show business. They mastered the straightman/clown relationship,
creating a magical chemistry that would take them from the burlesque
stage to radio to broadway to film and finally, to television

Born William Alexander Abbott on October 6, 1897 in Asbury Park,
N.J., Bud became one of the most sought after and polished straightmen
on the burlesque circuit. It was here that he met his future partner, Louis
Francis Cristillo, born on March 6, 1906 in Paterson, N.J.

Their official teaming was in 1936. Although they became a popular
booking commodity on the burlesque wheel, it wasn't until they appeared on the KATE SMITH RADIO HOUR, performing
what would soon become known as their classic signature skit, "Who's On First," that Bud Abbott & Lou Costello were hurled
to stardom, and to Hollywood.

Signed to Universal in 1939, Abbott & Costello reigned as the new "Kings Of Comedy," producing a solid decade of box
office hits as: "Buck Privates;" "In The Navy;" "Hold That Ghost;" "Naughty Nineties;" "Time Of Their Lives;" and their 1948
monster classic, "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein." Today, that film remains a favorite among fans, as well as an
international cult masterpiece.