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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops 1955 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Fred Clark, Lynn Bari, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Roscoe Ates, Mack Sennett, Frank Wilcox, Henry Kulky

  Harry Pierce (Bud Abbott) and Willie Piper (Lou Costello) are sold a bill of goods and end up owning a down-and-out film studio. The laughs really begin when the Keystone Kops come to their rescue.

Down Memory Lane 1949 3 stars

    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Steve Allen, Donald Novis, Gloria Swanson, Ben Turpin, Franklin Pangborn, Irving Bacon, James Finlayson, Mack Sennett

  Steve Allen introduces classic Mack Sennett comedies and presents film clips from the sound through silent eras.

Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Tillie's Big Romance
For the Love of Tillie

Director: Mack Sennett
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett, Chester Conklin, Edgar Kennedy, Al St. John, Slim Summerville, A. Edward Sutherland, Charley Chase, Glen Cavender

  In this film, which marks the first feature-length comedy, Charles Chaplin plays the role of a con man who talks the farmer's innocent daughter (Marie Dressler) into eloping with him and then runs off with the money. But, never fear, good triumphs over evil by story's end.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
2. Down Memory Lane (1949)
3. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
aka: Tillie's Big Romance
aka: For the Love of Tillie

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