24 May 1912
Roald Amundsen's South Pole Expedition
Roald Amundsen's South Pole Journey is a Norwegian documentary film that features Roald Amundsen's original footage from his South Pole expedition from 1910 to 1912.
Days of Thrills and Laughter
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
Top Billed Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin Self (archive footage)
Stan Laurel Self (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy Self (archive footage)
Pearl White Self (archive footage)
Mabel Normand Self (archive footage)
Roscoe Arbuckle Self (archive footage)
Ruth Roland Self (archive footage)
Harry Langdon Self (archive footage)
Ben Turpin Self (archive footage)
Harry Houdini Self (archive footage)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard Self (archive footage)
Ford Sterling Self (archive footage)
Boris Karloff Self (archive footage)
Warner Oland Self (archive footage)
Al St. John Self (archive footage)
Charley Chase Self (archive footage)
Jay Jackson Narrator (voice)
Edna Purviance Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vernon Dent Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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