Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Birthday: 1893-10-19

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Biography: Charles Joseph Parrott (October 20, 1893 – June 20, 1940), known professionally as Charley Chase, was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies. Born Charles Joseph Parrott in Baltimore, Maryland, Charley Chase began performing in vaudeville as a teenager and started his career in films by working in film in 1912.

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Dough and Dynamite
Dough and Dynamite

Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two...

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Mabel's Busy Day
Mabel's Busy Day

Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the...

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The Masquerader
The Masquerader

Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed...

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Sold at Auction!
Sold at Auction!

Snub gets a job helping an auctioneer. He’s instructed to sell off a household estate, but goes to t...

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A Coat's Tale
A Coat's Tale

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Leaping Love
Leaping Love

Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter....

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The King of the Wild Horses
The King of the Wild Horses

A stallion known as "The Black" is the leader of a band of wild horses. A cowboy is determined to ca...

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Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when t...

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'Curses!' They Remarked
'Curses!' They Remarked

Two dastardly men conspire to keep their ward from marrying in order to maintain control of her vast...

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Sweet Daddy
Sweet Daddy

Jimmy Jump's boss asks him to meet his small niece and her dog and entertain them between trains. Ji...

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Her Dangerous Path
Her Dangerous Path

Her Dangerous Path...

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Long Live the King
Long Live the King

A young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king dies, ...

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The Perfect Lady
The Perfect Lady

Jimmy Jump appears as a female impersonator in an amateur show who is forced to wear his costume hom...

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Love's Detour
Love's Detour

Love's Detour is a 1924 comedy short...

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Position Wanted
Position Wanted

Charley looks for a job position but is not anxious to find one. He ends up getting into all sorts o...

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The Royal Razz
The Royal Razz

A doting father who plays Santa Claus for Christmas annoys a trolley full of people when he lugs a g...

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Why Men Work
Why Men Work

A movie cameraman is on the lookout for new material but a rival plans to copy everything he films....

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Bungalow Boobs
Bungalow Boobs

Jimmy Jump brings his bride to a new bungalow home, selected and furnished by him. All the neighbors...

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Why Husbands Go Mad
Why Husbands Go Mad

When Charley's wife buys a bulldog for his birthday present and has a special key made for the room ...

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Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled

Charley Chase slapstick comedy short where he gets involved with a ventriloquist dummy among other w...

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The Family Entrance
The Family Entrance

Jimmy Jump and his family go to the movies for their regular Saturday evening recreation. Jimmy like...

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What Women Did for Me
What Women Did for Me

A girl-shy professor runs into trouble at a ladies’ seminary....

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Are Brunettes Safe?
Are Brunettes Safe?

Are Brunettes Safe?...

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Merry Widower
Merry Widower

Julius loses his wife to Rudy because he's too busy going on hunting trips. But when she arranges to...

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Many Scrappy Returns
Many Scrappy Returns

Charley and his wife (Eugenia Gilbert) decide to teach a lesson to his brother (Eugene Pallette) who...

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The Lighter That Failed
The Lighter That Failed

For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suit...

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Bigger and Better Blondes
Bigger and Better Blondes

Following a jewelry store robbery, Charley becomes the prime suspect due to his flashy antics and ac...

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All for Nothing
All for Nothing

Charley brings an actor friend home to dinner without telling his wife beforehand, and she protests....

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Imagine My Embarrassment
Imagine My Embarrassment

Imagine My Embarrassment is a silent comedy short...

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Never the Dames Shall Meet
Never the Dames Shall Meet

Chase makes tries to escape from a compromising situation with a dame he took to be his wife's siste...

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The Family Group
The Family Group

Charley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child....

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Aching Youth
Aching Youth

Aching Youth is a silent comedy short...

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The Booster
The Booster

The Booster is a silent comedy short...

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Is Everybody Happy?
Is Everybody Happy?

Is Everybody Happy? is a silent movie short....

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All Parts
All Parts

All Parts is a silent comedy short...

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The Fight Pest
The Fight Pest

The Fight Pest is a silent movie short....

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Ruby Lips
Ruby Lips

Ruby Lips is a comedy short...

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Loud Soup
Loud Soup

Loud Soup is a comedy short...

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Off to Buffalo
Off to Buffalo

Off to Buffalo is a comedy short...

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Thin Twins
Thin Twins

Thin Twins is a comedy short....

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Great Gobs!
Great Gobs!

Charley and Edgar on shore leave in Mexico, fight for the affection of a pretty senorita....

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On the Wrong Trek
On the Wrong Trek

Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in wit...

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The golf player
The golf player

With all speaking French, Chase joins a golf club to win its president's daughter. The game descends...

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The golfer
The golfer

Charley Chase's golf film with all speaking Spanish....

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Follies of love
Follies of love

Locuras de amor is a comedy short from Charley Chase with all speaking Spanish...

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Shy in spite of himself
Shy in spite of himself

Charley Chase comic short with all speaking French...

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The prince of the dollar
The prince of the dollar

El príncipe del dólar is an American comedy short with all speaking Spanish...

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The soul of the party
The soul of the party

An expanded, Spanish-language version of the two-reel comedy Thundering Tenors (1931)....

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Gold Diggers
Gold Diggers

Chercheuses d'or is a American comedy short with all speaking French...

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Keep the Bomb
Keep the Bomb

Garde la bombe is the French speaking version of a Charley Chase comedy short....

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Messing Around
Messing Around

Alternate-language version of Rough Seas (1931)...

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Across the Hall
Across the Hall

Across the Hall...

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Where Hazel Met the Villain
Where Hazel Met the Villain

Where Hazel Met the Villain is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Phyllis Allen....

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Such a Cook
Such a Cook

Such a Cook...

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Soldiers of Misfortune
Soldiers of Misfortune

Soldiers of Misfortune...

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Those Country Kids
Those Country Kids

Although Mabel’s parents disapprove of Roscoe and Mabel’s relationship, the two still secretly court...

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A Gambling Rube
A Gambling Rube

A comedy short that revolves around a poker game, both above and underneath the table. This is consi...

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Sophie of the Films #4
Sophie of the Films #4

Thus far Sophie has failed completely as a motion picture actress. She has spoiled every scene, but ...

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The Love Thief
The Love Thief

Chester Conklin steals some hot dogs from the traveling vendor and brings the lady some flowers, the...

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The Anglers
The Anglers

The Anglers...

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Her Last Chance
Her Last Chance

Her Last Chance...

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Hello, Mabel
Hello, Mabel

Hello, Mabel (also known as On a Busy Wire) is a 1914 American short silent comedy film directed by ...

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Dash, Love and Splash
Dash, Love and Splash

Dash, Love and Splash...

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Zip, the Dodger
Zip, the Dodger

Zip is a young man whose job is to dodge baseballs at a resort concession. To impress a young lady u...

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Love and Salt Water
Love and Salt Water

In this farce Charley and Minta frolic by the seaside....

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Only a Farmer's Daughter
Only a Farmer's Daughter

Only a Farmer's Daughter...

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How Heroes Are Made
How Heroes Are Made

It has been arranged between the fathers that their children shall marry. When the young people meet...

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Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees

Stout Hearts But Weak Knees...

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Other People's Business
Other People's Business

Other People's Business...

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The Plumber
The Plumber

This Keystone from the end of 1914, involving the usual suspects running around some plumbing issues...

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Droppington's Devilish Deed
Droppington's Devilish Deed

Thinking he’s performing a good deed stagehand Droppington causes the breakup of the current show wh...

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A Favorite Fool
A Favorite Fool

Arling, ringmaster of a small wagon circus, abuses Polly and her seven children. Foy, a farmhand, sy...

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Playmates
Playmates

A comedy inspired by Charles Chaplin's "Easy Street" (1917)....

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Chased Into Love
Chased Into Love

The will of T.W. Glutz provides that his bashful nephew, Hank, will inherit the entire estate if mar...

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Ship Ahoy
Ship Ahoy

Charlie stays at a seaside lodging house frequented by sailors. He gets involved with a gang of croo...

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Mystic Mush
Mystic Mush

Mystic Mush silent comedy...

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Way Out West
Way Out West

Hank Mann heads Way Out West in this silent comedy....

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Live and Learn
Live and Learn

Snub Pollard comedy...

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Moonshine
Moonshine

A Lloyd Hamilton slapstick comedy directed by Charley Chase....

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Don't Rock the Boat
Don't Rock the Boat

Snub Pollard and Sunshine Sammy Morrison are on a storm tossed ship that soon sinks leaving the pair...

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Her Tender Feet
Her Tender Feet

Her Tender Feet...

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The Hustler
The Hustler

The Hustler silent movie...

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Kids Is Kids
Kids Is Kids

A young married couple volunteer to take charge of several orphans after the asylum has burned down....

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Blue Sunday
Blue Sunday

Blue Sunday is a silent film comedy...

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In the Movies
In the Movies

In the Movies is a silent comedy short...

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The Stone Age
The Stone Age

The Stone Age is a silent comedy short...

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His Best Girl
His Best Girl

His Best Girl is a silent film comedy...

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Jack Frost
Jack Frost

Jack Frost is a silent comedy short...

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Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of cont...

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Fluttering Hearts
Fluttering Hearts

Defying her father's wishes, a young woman runs off to a sale at store. She's pursued by a policeman...

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Call of the Cuckoo
Call of the Cuckoo

Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum....

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Thundering Fleas
Thundering Fleas

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which g...

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His New Profession
His New Profession

Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair....

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His Musical Career
His Musical Career

Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospe...

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The Rounders
The Rounders

Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker....

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Mabel's Blunder
Mabel's Blunder

Mabel is pursued by her boss, despite being engaged to his son, in this gender-bending comedy of err...

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Bromo and Juliet
Bromo and Juliet

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his ...

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When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, B...

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Mighty Like a Moose
Mighty Like a Moose

After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramari...

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Kelly the Second
Kelly the Second

A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer....

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Leading Lizzie Astray
Leading Lizzie Astray

A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire....

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Ambrose's First Falsehood
Ambrose's First Falsehood

After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's tak...

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What Price Goofy?
What Price Goofy?

Jamison has a very jealous wife. Mrs. Jamison has a very gossipy friend. When the friend spots Jamis...

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Seeing Nellie Home
Seeing Nellie Home

The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same...

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Outdoor Pajamas
Outdoor Pajamas

This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the ...

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The 'Fraidy Cat
The 'Fraidy Cat

Jimmy Jump is a coward. Everyone and everything makes him afraid. He cowers from the neighborhood ch...

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A Ten-Minute Egg
A Ten-Minute Egg

The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure t...

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Arabian Tights
Arabian Tights

Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan....

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Hasty Marriage
Hasty Marriage

It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend, and h...

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The Panic Is On
The Panic Is On

Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of ...

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Whispering Whoopee
Whispering Whoopee

Charlie hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal....

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The Caretaker's Daughter
The Caretaker's Daughter

The two-reel silent film comedy The Caretaker's Daughter was distributed by Pathe in 1925. Produced ...

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Innocent Husbands
Innocent Husbands

Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a ...

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The Rat's Knuckles
The Rat's Knuckles

Charley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925....

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April Fool
April Fool

Jimmy Jump is a cracked reporter at a behind-the-times daily newspaper. He also happens to be in lov...

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Long Fliv the King
Long Fliv the King

This offbeat comedy from future Hollywood screwball director McCarey is about a princess who must fi...

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His Wooden Wedding
His Wooden Wedding

A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend gives him an anonymous note stating that th...

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The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by co...

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Crazy Like a Fox
Crazy Like a Fox

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to...

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Forgotten Sweeties
Forgotten Sweeties

Thurston's former sweetheart has married a big brute, and they move in down the hall from him....

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Young Oldfield
Young Oldfield

Jimmy always fantasied about racing. But now he has to pay the mortgage before noon or else he won't...

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Isn't Life Terrible?
Isn't Life Terrible?

Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decide...

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Dog Shy
Dog Shy

Charley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone avoid ge...

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Love, Loot and Crash
Love, Loot and Crash

A flustered father seeks a cook for his kitchen, his daughter seeks to elope and a pair of crooks se...

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A Versatile Villain
A Versatile Villain

After being falsely accused of theft, Pete, the station master's assistant, rescues his girlfriend f...

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Tell 'Em Nothing
Tell 'Em Nothing

Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While ...

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Mama Behave
Mama Behave

A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to imper...

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Be Your Age
Be Your Age

Charley needs $10,000 right away. Mrs. Schwartzkopple has inherited $2 million from her late husband...

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Now I'll Tell One
Now I'll Tell One

This film was presumed lost for a long time, until the second reel of this movie showed up again in ...

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The Way of All Pants
The Way of All Pants

A man delivering a pair of trousers loses his own pants, setting off a chaotic sequence of events....

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The Glorious Fourth
The Glorious Fourth

It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her ...

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Too Many Mammas
Too Many Mammas

Charley is called upon to go out with his boss on a date with the boss' mistress, to act as a beard....

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Hollywood Party
Hollywood Party

Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introd...

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Rough Seas
Rough Seas

On his way home following World War I, Charley smuggles his French sweetheart aboard ship and gets i...

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Girl Grief
Girl Grief

Although terrified of girls, Charley must take a job teaching at a girls school....

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All Wet
All Wet

Charley Chase has car trouble....

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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of editio...

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Limousine Love
Limousine Love

On the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car...

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He's In Again
He's In Again

A tramp enters a cabaret and orders a drink, but then is thrown out when he cannot pay for it. After...

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High C's
High C's

The comic and musical adventures of Charley Chase as he fights in the great war....

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The Dumb-Bell
The Dumb-Bell

The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an ...

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Accidental Accidents
Accidental Accidents

Jimmy Jump gets rather wet....

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The Pip from Pittsburg
The Pip from Pittsburg

Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned...

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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

A Chaplin-like tramp is mistaken for a Bolshevik...

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Luncheon at Twelve
Luncheon at Twelve

Charley unwittingly becomes a house painter....

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Jubilo, Jr.
Jubilo, Jr.

A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety o...

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The Real McCoy
The Real McCoy

Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl....

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Should Husbands Be Watched?
Should Husbands Be Watched?

Mr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have ...

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Dollar Dizzy
Dollar Dizzy

Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for t...

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Poker at Eight
Poker at Eight

Charley Chase movie where Charley wants to go out to have a poker night with the boys but much to hi...

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Fallen Arches
Fallen Arches

Told to "hike" out to his company's West Coast headquarters, Charley does exactly that....

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The Nickel Nurser
The Nickel Nurser

Charley is an efficiency expert trying to teach a millionaire's daughter the value of money....

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The Noise of Bombs
The Noise of Bombs

Four miscreants get revenge on the police chief by planting bombs in his house....

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The Great Toe Mystery
The Great Toe Mystery

A man goes in hot pursuit of the shoe store clerk he feels has made inappropriate advances towards h...

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Charley My Boy!
Charley My Boy!

A daughter's rich father wants to marry her off to a rich but older man. The daughter has other idea...

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The Cracked Ice Man
The Cracked Ice Man

Charley finds that he got more than he bargained for when he takes a job as a kindergarten teacher....

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In Walked Charley
In Walked Charley

Charley, a travel agent, finds himself in a situation where he has to humor an apparent lunatic....

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Rattling Romeo
Rattling Romeo

Charley buys a wreck of an automobile that's been made to appear new by a disreputable used car deal...

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Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Punctured Romance

A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large ban...

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The Knockout
The Knockout

To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying t...

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Gentlemen of Nerve
Gentlemen of Nerve

Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend ...

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Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel at the Wheel

A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to ...

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Those Love Pangs
Those Love Pangs

Charlie and a rival vie for the favor of their landlady....

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Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fatty’s Faithful Fido

Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by...

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That Little Band Of Gold
That Little Band Of Gold

A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage,...

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A One Night Stand
A One Night Stand

Two clownish stagehands make life difficult for the manager and cast of a dramatic production....

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No Father to Guide Him
No Father to Guide Him

Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Ch...

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Fate's Fathead
Fate's Fathead

Accidental meetings and misconceptions lead a blissfully happy couple to fight and squabble....

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Movie Night
Movie Night

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue......

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Looser Than Loose
Looser Than Loose

Charley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain....

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Is Marriage the Bunk?
Is Marriage the Bunk?

Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes ou...

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Teacher's Pest
Teacher's Pest

Charley arrives in a backward mountain town to be the new schoolteacher and receives a hostile welco...

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The Heckler
The Heckler

An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody....

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The Chump Takes a Bump
The Chump Takes a Bump

At a nightclub, Charley fails to recognize his newly blonde wife....

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The Awful Goof
The Awful Goof

A girl keeps meeting Charley the wrong moments, including losing her dress in his car, and later he ...

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His Bridal Fright
His Bridal Fright

Charley writes to girls all over the world in order to get foreign postage stamps for his collection...

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South of the Boudoir
South of the Boudoir

Charley, over his wife's objections, has invited his boss over for dinner. Mrs. Chase walks out, and...

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Time Out for Trouble
Time Out for Trouble

Charley Chase is engaged to be married and while in a department store, shopping for his fiancée, sa...

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Skinny the Moocher
Skinny the Moocher

Deep in debt, Charley must marry a wealthy society girl, and attends an afternoon party to announce ...

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Pie a la Maid
Pie a la Maid

Charley falls for a waitress who mistakes him for a gangster....

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The Mind Needer
The Mind Needer

A Charley Chase short, produced at Columbia. Charley is alarmingly forgetful, and this is his weddi...

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The Sap Takes a Wrap
The Sap Takes a Wrap

Charley gives his girlfriend a mink coat he was supposed to be guarding for three showgirls; when th...

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A Nag in the Bag
A Nag in the Bag

Two guys who own a restaurant get word of a sure thing at the races and bet all their money on that ...

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The Nightshirt Bandit
The Nightshirt Bandit

A criminology professor sets out to find the "sleepwalking bandit", but when he finally catches up w...

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Man Bites Lovebug
Man Bites Lovebug

To test his wife, Charley's friend puts him up to making a play for her, but she's on to it and pret...

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From Bad to Worse
From Bad to Worse

Charley's honeymoon is upset by a woman and her jealous husband....

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The Big Squirt
The Big Squirt

Soda jerk reads mystery stories, fancies himself a master detective....

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Many Sappy Returns
Many Sappy Returns

Charley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in....

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Calling All Doctors
Calling All Doctors

Charley is a hypochondriac who is driving his family, his friends and his doctor crazy....

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The Wrong Miss Wright
The Wrong Miss Wright

Charley tries to get out of an arranged marriage so he can marry another girl. What he doesn't reali...

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The Grand Hooter
The Grand Hooter

Charley's wife accuses him of preferring his Hoot Owl Lodge over her....

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The Uneasy Three
The Uneasy Three

Often hysterical spoof of Tod Browning's THE UNHOLY THREE (and several others of his crime movies) h...

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Sittin' Pretty
Sittin' Pretty

When Charlie borrows the policeman's uniform of his girl's father and captures a lunatic, his prospe...

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Love in Armor
Love in Armor

Mae Busch and Charley Chase are in love. However, her father does not approve. A Baron sees Mae and ...

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Love, Speed and Thrills
Love, Speed and Thrills

After Walrus has been shot, Ambrose takes him into his house. When Ambrose sees Walrus flirting with...

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The Poor Fish
The Poor Fish

Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch job...

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Married to Order
Married to Order

Boy meets girl. Father hates boy. Girl dresses up as her brother to get out of the house to elope bu...

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The Rent Jumpers
The Rent Jumpers

The plot is driven by the confusion that results when two pairs of trousers are mixed up. One pair i...

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Settled at the Seaside
Settled at the Seaside

Two couples are at the seaside. A young man proposes to his gal. She accepts, and promptly tells him...

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All Teed Up
All Teed Up

Thelma invites Charley to play golf at her father's exclusive country club....

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Peanuts and Bullets
Peanuts and Bullets

A very young Charley Chase is a starving artist. He does not have much luck stealing fruit from a fo...

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A Lucky Leap
A Lucky Leap

A Keystone comedy with Charley Chase and the gang....

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Colored Villainy
Colored Villainy

The Keystone gang all in blackface for this one-reeler!...

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The Big Squawk
The Big Squawk

Shy Charley tries to win his girl....

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Snappy Sneezer
Snappy Sneezer

Charley falls in love with Mary, but his attack of hay fever alienates her father....

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The Count Takes the Count
The Count Takes the Count

Charley Chase' insurance company has a million dollar policy on Andrea Leeds' wedding coming off. Wh...

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Fifty Million Husbands
Fifty Million Husbands

An estranged couple visit their old apartment, which is now occupied by Charley and his wife. Charle...

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4 Clowns
4 Clowns

Robert Youngson once again compiles scenes from the golden age of comedy's silent film era. Laurel a...

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At First Sight
At First Sight

A man falls in love with a woman he thinks is a rich lady when in fact she is her maid....

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Bad Boy
Bad Boy

In this two-reeler, Jimmy Jump wants to please both of his parents, but they disagree about everythi...

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First in War
First in War

Charley writes the national anthem for the country of Nicarania and winds up getting mixed up in a r...

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Nature in the Wrong
Nature in the Wrong

Charley, hoping to find cultured people in his ancestry in order to be suitable to Muriel's family, ...

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The Chases of Pimple Street
The Chases of Pimple Street

In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an impo...

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Midsummer Mush
Midsummer Mush

Charley falls in love with Betty on a camping trip....

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Young Ironsides
Young Ironsides

Harry is hired by a rich family to stop their daughter from entering a beauty contest....

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The Four Star Boarder
The Four Star Boarder

In an effort to appease his wife's wealthy aunt (Grace Goodall), newly-wed Charley must masquerade a...

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Nurse to You!
Nurse to You!

Cautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and goes on...

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Big Game
Big Game

While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently ...

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Just a Real Good Car
Just a Real Good Car

Charley/Jimmy is a car salesman who takes an unruly family of prospective buyers for a picnic in the...

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He Wouldn't Stay Down
He Wouldn't Stay Down

A man plots to kill a friend and marry his wife in order to get hold of insurance money....

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One of the Family
One of the Family

Jimmy Jump is hired as chauffeur by a lady who wishes to make her husband jealous....

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Powder and Smoke
Powder and Smoke

A lightning rod salesman gets in the middle of a western shootout....

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Hard Knocks
Hard Knocks

A man tries to win over the daughter of his boss....

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Don't Forget
Don't Forget

A man arrives late at his own wedding....

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Publicity Pays
Publicity Pays

Jimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a th...

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He Loved the Ladies
He Loved the Ladies

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Jeffries, Jr.
Jeffries, Jr.

A man contacts a boxer in order to get in shape....

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When Spirits Move
When Spirits Move

Silent Hank Mann comedy set in a haunted house....

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The Tabasco Kid
The Tabasco Kid

A timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for th...

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Another Wild Idea
Another Wild Idea

Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that ...

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Mr. Bride
Mr. Bride

Charley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley....

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Thundering Tenors
Thundering Tenors

Charley is invited to a high class party, where he feels ill at ease and has no idea how to act, yet...

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Days of Thrills and Laughter
Days of Thrills and Laughter

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...

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Hash House Mashers
Hash House Mashers

A boy pines for the girl next door to the dismay of both their parents....

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Little Daddy
Little Daddy

Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage....

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Big Red Riding Hood
Big Red Riding Hood

Jimmy Jump is asked by the Swedish Government to translate for educational purposes "Little Red Ridi...

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Stolen Goods
Stolen Goods

A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac....

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Fighting Fluid
Fighting Fluid

Charley Chase plays the type of character he does best, which is a weak nerd who is constantly letti...

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Hello Baby!
Hello Baby!

Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) and his wife find a baby left at their door. They happily take the baby i...

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Mum's the Word
Mum's the Word

A widow has married rich, but didn't tell her husband about her son. And he's coming for a surprise ...

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Just a Minute
Just a Minute

A car salesman wants to get marreid but has to make one last sell first....

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Looking for Sally
Looking for Sally

Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he...

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Southern Exposure
Southern Exposure

Connie Chase receives a letter from Chaseville in Chase County, Kentucky, informing her that her law...

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Fatty's Magic Pants
Fatty's Magic Pants

'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly...

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Girl Shock
Girl Shock

Charley suffers a hysterical reaction whenever a woman touches him; a psychiatrist attempts to help ...

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Fast Work
Fast Work

Charley Chase is obsessed with a woman, however his attempt to meet her father is complicated by an ...

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April Fool
April Fool

Sent as a missionary to cannibals, Lloyd Hamilton boards a ship, but encounters many problems along ...

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There Ain't No Santa Claus
There Ain't No Santa Claus

Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord No...

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Four Parts
Four Parts

Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts....

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Us
Us

Short comedy about airplanes....

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Assistant Wives
Assistant Wives

Slapstick film about two married couples....

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Crazy Feet
Crazy Feet

Charley intervenes in a fight between Eddie and Thelma inside her small car. Cop Kennedy misinterpre...

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Something Simple
Something Simple

Taken to a hospital, after suffering a dizzy spell, Charley is told by a 'nut', posing as a doctor, ...

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The Sting of Stings
The Sting of Stings

Charley and Edna are feeling very pleased with themselves and their new car. They decide to share th...

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All at Sea
All at Sea

Sailor 'Snub' Pollard on 'beach leave'....

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Cursed by His Beauty
Cursed by His Beauty

Married ice man Charles Murray is "Cursed by His Beauty" (1914) when he becomes a model for a female...

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Public Ghost # 1
Public Ghost # 1

Charley is hired to haunt a house....

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Neighborhood House
Neighborhood House

Charley, his wife Rosina and their daughter Darla attend "Bank night" at their local movie theater, ...

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One of the Smiths
One of the Smiths

Charley, representing a manufacturer of musical instruments, is sent to investigate why certain mail...

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What a Bozo!
What a Bozo!

A bandleader ignores a pretty dancer who fancies him in order to chase after a beautiful, snooty hig...

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Skip the Maloo!
Skip the Maloo!

Charlie Chase, playing the Duke of Chasewick, but hired by Dell Henderson to play himself, and disab...

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The lady from Chicago
The lady from Chicago

This movie is the Spanish language version of THE PIP FROM PITTSBURG...

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The Golden Age of Comedy
The Golden Age of Comedy

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and...

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Italian Love
Italian Love

Ethelyn Gibson has run away from daddy Ted Lorch because he wants to sell her to Leo White, King of ...

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Chasing Husbands
Chasing Husbands

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Now We'll Tell One
Now We'll Tell One

Charley unwittingly puts on a belt that has the power to change the wearer's personality....

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His Silent Racket
His Silent Racket

James Finlayson manages to con Charley into becoming his partner in a failing dry cleaning shop that...

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Sherman Said It
Sherman Said It

Although the war is over, Charley still can't seem to find his way out of France....

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A gray in the air
A gray in the air

This here is the four-reel Spanish version of Charley Chase's Looser Than Loose....

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Stepping Out
Stepping Out

Charley goes out for an evening on the town without his wife....

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The Nickel Snatcher
The Nickel Snatcher

Hank Mann is the conductor of a horse-drawn trolley that carries a motley assortment of passengers t...

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30 Years of Fun
30 Years of Fun

Three decades of fun packed into one convenient package with this compilation of classic black-and-w...

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Why Go Home?
Why Go Home?

'Snub' Pollard and Mildred Davis star in this 1920 comedy short....

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Mabel's New Job
Mabel's New Job

A lost short film starring Mabel Normand....

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Plain and Fancy Girls
Plain and Fancy Girls

Jimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park. Eve...

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Hello Trouble
Hello Trouble

A dishonest undertaker stirs up droll, laughable tragedy between two devoted husbands and their loya...

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Modern Love
Modern Love

In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her bos...

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Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and bio...

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Life Hesitates at 40
Life Hesitates at 40

Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop....

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A One Mama Man
A One Mama Man

Charley Chase on a boat with girls....

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I'll Take Vanilla
I'll Take Vanilla

Ice-cream vendor Charley gets mixed up with a cute girl and her snotty nephew....

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It Happened One Day
It Happened One Day

Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter....

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You Said a Hatful!
You Said a Hatful!

When he learns the secret news that it will be sold today at 4pm in Kansas City, international banke...

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Okay Toots!
Okay Toots!

Charley Chase, a stockbroker, gets rich by mistake, has parking trouble, then at home finds his wife...

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Manhattan Monkey Business
Manhattan Monkey Business

When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter....

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Vamp Till Ready
Vamp Till Ready

Charley's somewhat prudish wife pretends to be a party girl....

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Hey, skirts!
Hey, skirts!

Alternate-language version of Girl Shock (1930)...

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