Comedy film - 1950s

A comedy film is a film laced with humor or that may seek to provoke laughter from the audience. Along with drama, horror and science fiction, comedy is one of the largest genres of the medium. A comedy of manners film satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters. The plot of the comedy is often concerned with an illicit love affair or some other scandal, but is generally less important than its witty and sometimes bawdy dialogue. This form of comedy has a long ancestry, dating back to ...

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• Comedy film - History
• Comedy film - 1930s
• Comedy film - 1940s
• Comedy film - 1950s
• Comedy film - 1960s
• Comedy film - 1970s
• Comedy film - 1980s
• Comedy film - 1990s
• Comedy film - 2000s

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The very first movies to be produced was Thomas Edison's kinetoscope of his assistant Fred Ott in Record of a Sneeze. This could also be considered the first to show a comedic element. Comedic films began to appear in significant numbers during 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 C ...

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Comedy film, Comedy film - History, Comedy film - 1930s, Comedy film - 1940s, Comedy film - 1950s, Comedy film - 1960s, Comedy film - 1970s, Comedy film - 1980s, Comedy film - 1990s, Comedy film - 2000s

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