Clown Bluey's History of Clowns: Cinema Clowns: Laurel & Hardy in a typical slapstick scene from "You're Darn Tootin', 1928. [Culver Films Inc]
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Clown Bluey's History of Clowns: Cinema Clowns: The invention of the cinema in the 1890's gave clowns greater scope than they could have previously imagined. Skills learned in the circus, the music halls and their American equivalent, vaudeville, were adapted to the screen. |
![Clown Bluey's History of Clowns: Cinema Clowns: Laurel & Hardy in a typical slapstick scene from "You're Darn Tootin', 1928. [Culver Films Inc]](http://www.clownbluey.co.uk/albums/Clown-Blueys-History-of-Clowns-images/Laurel_Hardy.jpg "Clown Bluey's History of Clowns: Cinema Clowns: Laurel & Hardy in a typical slapstick scene from \"You're Darn Tootin', 1928. [Culver Films Inc]")