Hollywood
Season 1, Episode 8: Comedy: A Serious Business
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Hollywood learned very early how to make people laugh. Comedy was king, and battling for the throne were stars like Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Harry Langdon and Charlie Chaplin. In a purely visual medium, their comedy was a work of genius.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Pioneers
Episode 2
In the Beginning
Episode 3
Single Beds and Double Standards
Episode 4
Hollywood Goes to War
Episode 5
Hazard of the Game
Episode 6
Swanson and Valentino
Episode 7
The Autocrats
Episode 8
Comedy: A Serious Business
Episode 9
Out West
Episode 10
The Man with the Megaphone
Episode 11
Trick of the Light
Episode 12
Star Treatment
Episode 13
End of an Era