Hollywood Comedy Movies – From Charlie Chaplin To Jim Carrie
Comedy movies started long back in 1900. The film, which will was produced by Thomas Edison Kinetoscope. This could also be considered the first to show the comic aspect of a film. Comedy Films began to appear more in the silent era, prior to the 1930s. These comedy movies were originally based on visual humor. The prominent figure that all know as Charlie Chaplin was one of the famous actors clown style silent film era. It was through Charlie Chaplin that Hollywood films became in the famous comedy. Soon came Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.
Then in the 1920s came another trend, in cartoons. Films were popular comedy of the time. Several popular characters of the era were Felix the Cat, Krazy Kat and Betty Boop. However, the popularity of these films was hampered by the lack of sound and color.
In the late 1920s, the industry of Hollywood comedy showed a change brought about by the introduction of sound movies. This allowed the industry to create new styles of drama and use verbal humor. These films soon replaced silent films. Used dialogues by comedians such as WC Fields and the Marx Brothers. Charlie Chaplin was the last comedian to have acted in a silent film, and his films during the decade 1930 were without dialogue, although they used sound effects.
When the U.S. entered World War II, Hollywood movies changed its course to the issues related to conflicts and Hollywood movies humor also inclined to military themes. The war era experienced a boom, when due to travel restrictions, almost a quarter of the money spent is spent in the cinema.
In the 1950s, the interest shifted to social situations or family-oriented Comedies. During that period the number of Hollywood comedy films declined. The 1960s saw a growing number of wide, full comedy star. In 1970, Hollywood comedy movies reflected the anti-war sentiment that prevailed then. Among the leading figures of this time were Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. We wrote, directed and appeared in his own films.
In the 1980s, the gag-based comedy plane, a parody of the series of disaster movies past decade, was released and Hollywood comedy movies follow suit over the same as Top Secret and movies The Naked Gun. The popular comedians of that era included Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. Jim Carrey, Canadian Actor, came into movies Hollywood's comedy in the 1980s when he won a comedy role in Damian Lee Canadian skiing, Copper Mountain.
The most popular Hollywood comedy John Hughes movies were, which included Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Home Alone series in 1990. The latter focuses more on a family audience. This shows a revival in comedy movies. Spoof comedy movies have remained popular to date.
Another development in Hollywood comedy movies was the use of gross humor, which is usually aimed at younger audience in films like, There's Something About Mary, American Pie and many more. This trend of gross movies continued with adult oriented comedies picking the box office for some time.
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