Cinema is closely connected with laughter Charlie Chaplin made silent movies pieces of art although laughter appeared in the cinemas even earlier. The first movie producers used cartoon strips made by professional caricaturists. The subjects for the first movies were borrowed from the humorous magazines. ChaplinТs films have much in common with drawn humour . He himself knew that and in 1914 drew his own image.

S. Eisenstein liked to draw caricatures of his friends. Though he did not become a professional caricaturist he used his artistic talent in his films. In his caricature (1932) Eisenstein drew himself crucified head over heels. The artist foresaw his creative fate, foretold his future in his films.

F. Fellini showed the present society using grotesque, sarcasm, irony, laughter, and games. His actors had unusual appearance, they looked like cartoon characters.

S. Paradganov, Scola, and other film producers drew caricatures.

A lot of actors were talented caricaturists Ц B. Tshukin, A. Katisinski, Yu. Bogatirev. V. Karyachkin in a series of caricatures "About a Festival with a Smile" (1971) showed the participants of the Film Festival in Moscow (S. Bondarchuk, D. Olbrikhski, and others). In caricatures an actor becomes closer to the audience. The image is even more expressive when there is a funny caption above or below a picture ( for example, captions by V. Gaft in the book by K. Kukso "Familiar Strangers").