List of comedy films before 1920
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2047:Lists of comedy films by decade
1984:Roscoe Arbuckle and featuring
812:Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
490:The Nearsighted School Teacher
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2062:Lists of 1910s films by genre
2057:Lists of 1900s films by genre
2052:Lists of 1890s films by genre
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1049:Davy Jones and Captain Bragg
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1827:Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
748:Everybody Works But Father
2016:Short Hustling For Health
1955:Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle,
1919:O, It's Great to Be Crazy
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1234:and J. Stuart Blackton
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