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Produced, directed and written by Robert Youngson, most famous for reacquainting the moviegoing public with the titans of the silent era in The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) and When Comedy Was King (1960), this compilation documentary begins, appropriately enough, in the 1920s and spotlights Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's sillier side up to 1948. The film's all-star assembly of scenes includes performances from across the firmament of Hollywood,