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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 (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. Reiner wrote the screenplay with Aaron ...
- Carl Reiner, Aaron Ruben
- Jack Elliott
- Acre Enterprises
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.
- (937)
- Carl Reiner
- M/PG
- Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney
Comic, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Yankee Yokel From a montage of his silent movie hits, the deceased Billy Bright (Dick Van Dyke) narrates into a Civil War comedy with sidekick Cockeye (Mickey Rooney) and trouble with spouse Mary (Michele Lee) in Carl Reiner's The Comic, 1969.
- Carl Reiner, Rusty Meek
- Dick Van Dyke
The Comic. A silent-film comedian (Dick Van Dyke) drinks, cheats on his wife (Michele Lee), bullies his buddy (Mickey Rooney) and makes a brief TV comeback.
- (6)
- Carl Reiner
- PG
- Dick Van Dyke
Synopsis. 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, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments.
- Billy Bright; Mary Gibson; Cockeye
- Carl Reiner
- 1969
- 95 min
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. Reiner wrote the screenplay with Aaron Ruben; it was inspired by the end of silent film era and, in part, by the life of ...
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 ...
