A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Charley Chase. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Charley Chase [the prospective son-in-law], Corliss Palmer [Madge, the girl], William Orlamond [Madge’s father], Oliver Hardy [the taxi driver], L.J. O’Connor [the policeman], William Gillespie [The Great Brandenburg, the magician], Fred Kelsey [the detective], Rolfe Sedan [the stage manager], Charlie Hall [a stagehand], Ellinor Vanderveer [a lady on the bus], [?] Sammy Brooks?, [?] Helen Gilmore?, [?] Martha Sleeper?

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Properties by Ted Driscoll and R.O. Sanders. Supervising director, F. Richard Jones. Assistant director, H.W. Scott. Photographed (cinematography) by Len Powers. Film editor, Richard Currier (Richard C. Currier). Titles (intertitles written) by H.M. Walker [?] + [Charles Alphin]? Negative cutter, George Nichols Jr.. Presented by Hal Roach. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: To satisfy his fiancee, Charley agrees to play Romeo on stage. Charley must also get his drunken father to the theater, past unpaid taxi drivers and suspicious policemen.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Transportation: Cabs, Taxis

Listing updated: 26 August 2023.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Ball-Shakespeare pp. 264, 369, 385; Magliozzi-Treasures n. 8234 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.