Movie: So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

Top 5 Billed Cast

James Karen
James Karen

Self - Host / Narrator

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage)

Louis B. Mayer
Louis B. Mayer

Self (archive footage)

Irving Thalberg
Irving Thalberg

Self (archive footage)

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Self (archive footage)

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