Charley Chase Movies

Slapstick experts host this look at the life and films of Charley Chase with rare film clips and photos.

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

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

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

After being ejected from an establishment for being drunk and disorderly, George Rowe, Sammy Brooks, Hughie Mack and Snub Pollard form a drunken...

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

Jimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity...

The plot is driven by the confusion that results when two pairs of trousers are mixed up. One pair is owned by the landlord of an apartment building...

This offbeat comedy from future Hollywood screwball director McCarey is about a princess who must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne....

Snub Pollard and Sunshine Sammy Morrison are on a storm tossed ship that soon sinks leaving the pair stranded on a nearby island where comic...

Two guys flirt with women at a hotel.

Jamison has a very jealous wife. Mrs. Jamison has a very gossipy friend. When the friend spots Jamison on the street talking to an attractive young...

Charley looks for a job position but is not anxious to find one. He ends up getting into all sorts of trouble at a masquerade ball.

A tramp enters a cabaret and orders a drink, but then is thrown out when he cannot pay for it. After trying again, he is told by the manager that if...

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

A widow has married rich, but didn't tell her husband about her son. And he's coming for a surprise visit. To hide his identity he is introduced as...

Jimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park. Eventually he realizes he is better off with his...

Corinne Grant, a wealthy society girl, is forced, upon the physical and financial break-down of her father, to choose her future path in life. Her...

Thus far Sophie has failed completely as a motion picture actress. She has spoiled every scene, but through the general manager she is to be given...

Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make...