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Oct 2, 1970 · The Comic: Directed by Carl Reiner. With Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, Cornel Wilde. Story of a brilliant silent-film comic whose talent is overshadowed by his ego.
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- Carl Reiner
- M/PG
- Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney
English. The Comic is a 1969 American Pathécolor comedy-drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Carl Reiner. It stars Dick Van Dyke as Billy Bright (which was the original title of the film), Michele Lee as Bright's love interest, and Reiner himself and Mickey Rooney as Bright's friends and colleagues.
- Carl Reiner, Aaron Ruben
- Jack Elliott
- Acre Enterprises
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- Billy Bright; Mary Gibson; Cockeye
- Carl Reiner
- 1969
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The Comic is a 1969 American Pathécolor comedy-drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Carl Reiner. It stars Dick Van Dyke as Billy Bright, Michele Lee as Bright's love interest, and Reiner himself and Mickey Rooney as Bright's friends and work colleagues.
Nov 19, 2019 · November 19, 2019 8:00am. Photofest. On Nov. 19, 1969, Columbia premiered a comedic, yet dark, look at Hollywood with Dick Van Dyke starring as a silent movie star in The Comic. The Hollywood...
- John Goff
Oct 1, 2013 · Written by Carl Reiner, The Comic was actually an unfunny story of Billy Bright, a silent screen comedian who's career was over when talkies arrived, but would later have a comeback in television commercials.
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Synopsis. A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was! An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely ...
