Robert Youngson

Robert Youngson

Robert Youngson (November 27, 1917April 8, 1974) was a film producer, director, and screenwriter.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was responsible for reacquainting movie audiences with the work of the great silent comedians. His feature-film compilations "The Golden Age of Comedy" (1958) and "When Comedy Was King" (1960) were popular successes. Youngson produced six more vintage-comedy anthologies through 1970.

Youngson also wrote and produced a long series of historical short subjects for Warner Brothers, two of which won him Academy Awards. Most of these films took an affectionate look back at the fads and lifestyles of the 1920s. Youngson also produced a feature-length documentary for Warner, "Fifty Years Before Your Eyes" .

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