John Bunny: Film's First King of Comedy

Though his career before the camera only spanned five years before his untimely passing in 1915, heavy-set Broadway vet John Bunny cranked out 150 short subject appearances--and became American cinema's first star comedian. This look at a forgotten pioneer's life and works is complemented with the surviving shorts "Kitty and the Cowboys" (1911), "The Feudists" (1913), "Bunny's Dilemma" (1913), and "Hearts and Diamonds" (1914). 45 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; featurette.