Dawn Of Talkies Comedy

Thinking, as we do often, of movie comedians who successfully transitioned from silents to talkies. Some studios and funmakers did better than others. Mack Sennett had his problems adapting to the new medium but did employ the likes of Harry Gribbon , Vernon Dent and Andy Clyde - and a couple of years later, the brilliant W.C. Fields. Next: comediennes in early talkies, led by the following…