Charles R. Bowers
Birthday: 1889-06-07
Place of Birth: Creco, Iowa, USA
Biography: Charles R. Bowers was a cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Silent Era, although his work was enthusiastically reviewed by André Breton and a number of his contemporaries. As his surviving films were rediscovery he has been one of the greats of the silent film era; along with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd
Movies
Say Ah-h!
Charley has to find an ostrich egg in a hurry for a disgruntled visitor, but he doesn't count on the...
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There It Is
When a mysterious figure appears to cause a series of disruptions at the Frisbie Home in New York, w...
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Egged On
Charley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for tra...
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A Wild Roomer
Charles Bowers is once again an eccentric inventor. This time, he has only a matter of hours to debu...
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Nothing Doing
Charley asks for his girlfriend's hand in marriage, but her father, the police chief, angrily refuse...
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Fatal Footsteps
Charley is obsessed with learning the Charleston, so he can enter and win a local contest, which pro...
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Now You Tell One
The Liars Club is holding their contest to see who can tell the most unbelievable story, with a gold...
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Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
Pete Roleum, an oil droplet, narrates a presentation about the history and uses of oil: He starts by...
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It's a Bird
Charlie, working on a junkjard, always trying to help people in the most impossible ways with junk f...
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He Done His Best
When Charley asks a young woman whom he is in love with to marry him, she tells him that he needs to...
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Whoozit
Whoozit, produced in 1928 by Bowers Comedy Corp, was considered totally missing. This unique 16 mm p...
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Hop Off
Only a few minutes remain of this partially lost film. A scientist discovers a potion that restores ...
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