Comedy film
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Sub-genres
Comedy films can be further divided into several other sub-genres. Some of these include:
- Silent comedy film
- Gross-out film
- Parody film
- Romantic comedy film
- Screwball comedy film
- Slapstick film
- Splatstick film
- Tragicomedy and related Black comedy
- Anarchic comedy film
- Fish out of water comedy film
History
Comedic films began to appear in the era of silent films, prior to the 1930s. These were mainly focused on visual humor, including slapstick and burlesque. A very early comedy short was Watering the Gardener 1895 by the Lumiere Brothers. Prominent clown-style actors of the silent era include Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.
With the addition of sound during the 1930s, slapstick was downplayed somewhat and the dimensions of verbal humor and witty dialogue could be explored. This period included a number of classic comedy teams who were successful for more than one decade, including Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, and the Three Stooges. New individual comedians who relied as much on verbal humor came onto the scene. Some notable examples include W. C. Fields, Mae West, and Jack Benny.
Comedy films by artist
| Artist | Movies |
|---|---|
| Charlie Chaplin | |
| Buster Keaton | |
| Laurel and Hardy | |
| Marx Brothers | |
| Woody Allen | |
| Mel Brooks | |
| Farrelly Brothers |
The Carry On films
See also
- Humor
- List of British comedy films
- List of comedy films in languages other than English
- List of United States comedy films
External links
- Funny Videos (http://www.xhollywood.com) Archives of free funny videos and animation
- Comedy films (http://www.filmsite.org/comedyfilms.html) overviewes:Comedia (cine)