Charley Chase

Charley Chase
Total Credits at Criticker: 180 (Actor), 76 (Director), 11 (Writer)
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Mum\
A widow has married rich, but didn't tell her husband about her son. And he's coming for a surprise visit... (imdb)
Mighty Like a Moose
Mr. and Mrs. Moose are not pretty. But after he has his teeth fixed and she has her nose done they look great... (imdb)
Sons of the Desert
When Stan and Ollie trick their wives into thinking that they are taking a medicinal cruise while they're actually going to a convention, the wives find out the truth the hard way. (imdb)
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When Comedy Was King
A feature-length documentary devoted to the great clowns of silent comedy. (imdb)
His New Profession
Charlie meets a couple and agrees to care for the man's crippled uncle. After the couple breaks up the man's new girl drops some eggs which Charlie slips on while trying to control the wheelchair. Charlie sets up the uncle near another wheelchair on a jetty, from which he lifts a beggar's cup and "invalid" sign. These he places with the uncle, and money begins to roll in. Charlie takes the money and buys himself a drink. (imdb)
The Golden Age of Comedy
A compilation of scenes featuring some of the best-known comics from the silent era in their best films. (imdb)
His Musical Career
Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St. They confuse the addresses. The difficulties of delivering the piano by mule cart, and most of the specific gags, appeared later in Laurel and Hardy's "The Music Box". (imdb)
Looser Than Loose
Charley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain. (imdb)
The Knockout
The Knockout (1914) - Short Film
In an effort to protect his girlfriend, Pug (Fatty Arbuckle) decides to sign up for a local boxing contest against the champion, Cyclone Flynn. Charles Chaplin makes an appearance as the referee.
April Fool
April Fool (1924) - Short Film
Jimmy Jump is a cracked reporter at a behind-the-times daily newspaper. He also happens to be in love with the managing editor's daughter. It's Monday, April 1st and the paper's editorial staff has a great deal of trouble telling the difference between April Fool's jokes and real events.
Fatty\
'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters unexpected difficulties in getting himself ready. (imdb)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s. It starts with a 1905 look at French comedy, goes through the 1910s with Sennett, Chaplin, and Fairbanks, and into the 1920s with Max Roach, Snub Pollard, Harry Langdon, Al St. John, Charlie Chase, and the teaming of Laurel and Hardy. Thrillers feature Houdini and serials, with special attention to Pearl White, Ruth Roland, and Monty Banks. (imdb)
4 Clowns
A compendium of comedy gags from four classic comedians of the silent era.
Love, Loot and Crash
A flustered father seeks a cook for his kitchen, his daughter seeks to elope and a pair of crooks seek to get some loot. Add the Keystone cops and stir vigorously. (imdb)
Call of the Cuckoo
Mishaps befall a new home owner (Davidson) located next door to an insane asylum. (imdb)
The Chases of Pimple Street
In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an important client and inevitable complications result. (imdb)
Kelly the Second
Produced by Hal Roach, Kelly the Second is one of the few feature films to capture the comic spirit of Roach's wonderful two-reelers. Patsy Kelly stars as Molly Kelly, who as the result of an unexpected street brawl becomes the trainer of truck-driver-turned-prizefighter Cecil Callahan (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams). It seems that Cecil is a gentle soul who turns into a fighting fool whenever he hears the strains of "The Irish Washerwoman". (allrovi.com)
Whispering Whoopee
Charlie hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal. (imdb)
A Versatile Villain
After being falsely accused of theft, Pete, the station master's assistant, rescues his girlfriend from the genuine villain, marauding crook Desperate Dan. (imdb)
Hello, Mabel
Hello, Mabel (1914) - Short Film
Hello, Mabel (also known as On a Busy Wire) is a 1914 American short silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett. (imdb)
Her Torpedoed Love
A young woman works as a cook as the sole means of support for herself and her husband, who, because of the nature of his profession, only works one day a year. She is unaware that her wealthy, aging and gout-ridden employer, Phillip Nobrains, has left her everything in his will. (imdb)
Moonshine
Moonshine (1920) - Short Film
A Lloyd Hamilton slapstick comedy directed by Charley Chase.
Jubilo, Jr.
Jubilo, Jr. (1924) - Short Film
A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift circus. (imdb)
The Caretaker\
The two-reel silent film comedy The Caretaker's Daughter was distributed by Pathe in 1925. Produced by the prolific Hal Roach, the film stars the great Charley Chase in a case of multiple incarnations!
The Rat\
Charley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925. (imdb)
Innocent Husbands
Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in Melvin's bedroom just before Mame returns. (imdb)
Thundering Fleas
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose. (imdb)
Tell Em Nothing
Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by getting photos in a compromising situation... (imdb)
Be Your Age
Be Your Age (1926) - Short Film
Charley needs $10,000 right away. Mrs. Schwartzkopple has inherited $2 million from her late husband and wants to marry a younger man. Mr. Blaylock, her attorney, sees a way to solve both their problems, and keep control of her $2 million. (imdb)
Mama Behave
Mama Behave (1926) - Short Film
A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to impersonate his twin in an attempt to determine his wife's fidelity. (imdb)
Fluttering Hearts
Ignoring her father's attempts to counsel her, a young woman races off to a sale at a store. Chased by a motorcycle policeman, she eventually wins him over with the help of a friendly millionaire. Meanwhile, her father desperately needs to retrieve a compromising letter that he once wrote, and he will need help to do it. (imdb)
Now I\
This film was presumed lost for a long time, until the second reel of this movie showed up again in the '90's. So half of the movie can be seen. It's a fast paced slapstick comedy with also a good comical story about a man (Charley Chase) who is being prosecuted for shooting his wife (Edna Marion). (imdb)
The Way of All Pants
A man delivering a pair of trousers loses his own pants, setting off a chaotic sequence of events. (imdb)
Dog Shy
Dog Shy (1926) - Short Film
Charley is afraid of dogs, and one chases him into a phone box, which a stuffy aristocrat has just left to get more change, to continue the phone call with his fiancée, who is being forced by her parents to marry him. Charley agrees to help the girl, and is mistakenly hired as a butler at the same house. That evening, there's a big party at the house, and he has to find out which of the 20 girls there is the right one. (imdb)
Isn\
Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen company, with the first prize being an ocean trip. To win the prize Charley has to sell those pens - surprisingly he wins, but the ship turns out to be a wreck on it's last trip to the scrapyard. To make things worse they accidentally leave their young daughter on the dock and the ship sails without her. (imdb)
What Price Goofy?
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 woman, she reports back to Mrs. Jamison that her husband is obviously having an affair. Mrs. Jamison storms out, and a few minutes later a guest arrives for a visit -- a Professor Brown. Jamison doesn't realize the professor is a woman, and Mrs. Jamison, who has returned, doesn't realize the woman is Professor Brown. (imdb)
His Wooden Wedding
A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a "friend", who is jealous, gives him an anonymous note, stating that the bride has a wooden leg. Charley cancels the wedding, but agrees to leave her his very expensive engagement ring. His "friend" sees his chance to get the ring and tells her otherwise. But when he tries to hide the ring in his top hat, Charley finds out that he has mistakenly taken the wrong hat - the ring is in Charley's hat. And he decides to go on a cruise. (imdb)
Crazy Like a Fox
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. He asks his valet, to put a small postscript on his letter of introduction, stating that he's crazy and has sometimes (at least six times a day) crazy spells. (imdb)
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 dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare. (imdb)
Seeing Nellie Home
The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same time such a simple idea -- Charley shows off by taking a pretty girl back home, wreaks havoc trying to get her in, then discovers that she's married. (imdb)
The Fraidy Cat
Jimmy Jump is a coward. Everyone and everything makes him afraid. He cowers from the neighborhood children, even though he's old enough to be their father. He is terrified of Lem Tucker, who is his rival for the heart of Dorothy. Only when he mistakenly believes he is about to die does Jimmy find courage. But will it last? (imdb)
A Ten-Minute Egg
The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure to be reckoned with merely by giving them a business card identifying him as the bouncer of the "Bucket of Blood Cafe." (imdb)
Outdoor Pajamas
This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the mad rush he ends up leaving his house only dressed in his pajamas. As he makes his way to the church he finds one disaster after another. (imdb)
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 capture and break him. (imdb)
The Hasty Marriage
It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend, and her father foolish her mother and the suitor she prefers into getting Charley into the house for dinner. In the later two segments, in which Charley must get married within minutes to get a job, and then tries to go on a picnic with his new family, are both also packed with laughs and timed with an almost musical brilliance. (imdb)
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 cash before she marries him. But, the Depression is everywhere: Charley's behind on his rent and nearly everyone he meets is down on their luck. After reading a "how to" book on the power of a forceful will, Charley applies the lessons with mixed results, but he does land a job that includes delivering a shake-down letter to his girlfriend's father. Is the naïve Charley going to end up in jail? (imdb)
Arabian Tights
Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan. (imdb)
On the Wrong Trek
Charlie relates his harrowing vacation to his co-workers, including his encounter with two confused, derby-hatted hitchikers. (imdb)
Young Oldfield
Jimmy always fantasied about racing. But now he has to pay the mortgage before noon or else he won't own his shop any longer. (imdb)
Long Fliv the King
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. She quickly marries a condemned man--but the man is pardoned. (imdb)
The Glorious Fourth
The Glorious Fourth is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 62nd Our Gang short subject released. (imdb)
Too Many Mammas
Charley's boss insists that Charley come along with him. After all, the boss is stepping out with a woman and he's married and wants Charley along to provide cover. So, if they are caught, the wife will think the young woman is Charley's girl. Once there, he gets pulled into an attempt by a lady to make her husband (Noah Young) jealous. And, when the wife AND Charley's girlfriend arrive, things really heat up. (imdb)
Hollywood Party
Elissa Landi and Charley Chase (playing Asian Charley Chan Chase) host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending the party, they present a number of musical and/or dance performances to entertain the crowd. This set of performances also includes ethnic Chinese actress Anna May Wong modeling some fashions she brought back from her first ever trip to China. (imdb)
Rough Seas
Rough Seas (1931) - Short Film
On his way home following World War I, Charley smuggles his French sweetheart aboard ship and gets into all kinds of trouble. (imdb)
Girl Grief
Girl Grief (1932) - Short Film
Although terrified of girls, Charley must take a job teaching at a girls school. (imdb)
The Dumb-Bell
The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the job if he can find a way to make the director leave the picture. (imdb)
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 to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. Jump to suspect that Mr. Jump is cavorting with the new maid. (imdb)
Rattling Romeo
Charley buys a wreck of an automobile that's been made to appear new by a disreputable used car dealer, but he soon realizes it's literally falling apart. He stops payment, and then must dodge repossesors as well. (imdb)
The Pip from Pittsburg
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 himself look bad. He refuses to shave, wears his friend's old suit and even eats garlic. Unfortunately for him, however, his date turns out to be the lovely Thelma Todd. (imdb)
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 out to buy a car--but no matter, they still think he's a drip--as does his wife. Later, when he's given a simple job to do by his boss, he screws it up--and loses face once again with his family. (imdb)
Accidental Accidents
Approximately only 1 minute and 49 seconds of footage survives from the film.
Love in Armor
Mae Busch and Charley Chase are in love. However, her father does not approve. A Baron sees Mae and concocts a fake kidnapping in order to get her attention. In other words, he pays two guys to pretend to try to abduct her and the Baron waltzes in like a hero and saves her. Well, the scheme seems to work as her family think the Baron is great and invite him to the house. But Charley and the two accomplices have other ideas... (imdb)
The Heckler
The Heckler (1940) - Short Film
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody. (imdb)
The Poor Fish
Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the housework. Having never done something like this in his life before, he starts a chaos, something his mother-in-law was expecting... (imdb)
Ambrose\
After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's taken a train for business, but then his wife reads that the train crashed.
Married to Order
Boy (Charley Chase) meets girl (Rosemary Theby). Father (Oliver Hardy) hates boy. Girl dresses up as her brother to get out of the house to elope but the near-sighted father mistakes her for the twin brother and all chaos follows. (imdb)
Settled at the Seaside
Two couples are at the seaside. A young man proposes to his gal. She accepts, and promptly tells him to re-tie his tie. He objects, so she returns the ring and walks away. An older couple has their own squabble: the middle-aged husband, who thinks himself a dandy, is happy to see his complaining wife roll away in a small, unattended carriage. He immediately approaches the younger woman. To make her ex-fiancé jealous, she takes up with the dandy and off they go to swim. (imdb)
The Rent Jumpers
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 and the other by one of his lodgers. The lodger also has a wallet that contains rent money except when it doesn't, and the wallet passes from one pair of trousers to the other at unexpected moments. (imdb)
All Teed Up
All Teed Up (1930) - Short Film
Thelma invites Charley to play golf at her father's exclusive country club. (imdb)
The Real McCoy
Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl. (imdb)
Peanuts and Bullets
A very young Charley Chase is a starving artist. He does not have much luck stealing fruit from a food vendor's cart. He cannot escape from his landlady, who wants the overdue rent. When a pretty girl shows up, Charley and his downstairs neighbor, who is a weightlifter, compete for her affections.
Colored Villainy
The Keystone gang all in blackface for this one-reeler!
A Lucky Leap
A Lucky Leap (1915) - Short Film
A Keystone comedy with Charley Chase and the gang.
The Count Takes the Count
Charley Chase' insurance company has a million dollar policy on Andrea Leeds' wedding coming off. When Andrea runs away and cons Charley into thinking she's a detective in pursuit of herself, there's no shortage of great laughs.
Fifty Million Husbands
An estranged couple visit their old apartment, which is now occupied by Charley and his wife. Charley's wife, however, misunderstands the purpose of their visit. (imdb)
The Great Toe Mystery
A jealous husband becomes angered by what he feels are the inappropriate advances of an effeminate shoe clerk toward his wife. The clerk initially tries to avoid any conflict but eventually defends himself. (imdb)
Calling All Doctors
Charley is a hypochondriac who is driving his family, his friends and his doctor crazy. (imdb)
Bad Boy
Bad Boy (1925) - Short Film
In this two-reeler, Jimmy Jump wants to please both of his parents, but they disagree about everything. His father wants him to act more manly, although Jimmy gets his sensitivity from his mother. He wants to wed his girlfriend, and so accepts a job at his father's iron foundry, but does not excel there. Next, Jimmy goes to a tough dance-hall to impress his girl. A highlight is his parody of an Isadora Duncan dance. (imdb)
First in War
First in War (1932) - Short Film
Charley writes the national anthem for the country of Nicarania and winds up getting mixed up in a revolution there. (imdb)
Young Ironsides
Harry is hired by a rich family to stop their daughter from entering a beauty contest. (imdb)
Nature in the Wrong
Charley, hoping to find cultured people in his ancestry in order to be suitable to Muriel's family, is tricked by his rival Ronnie into believing himself a descendant of Tarzan. Conked on the head, Charley suddenly believes he IS Tarzan. (imdb)
Midsummer Mush
Charley falls in love with Betty on a camping trip. (imdb)
Nurse to You!
Cautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor (Billy Gilbert) that he has six months to live, and goes on to live life to the fullest.
The Four Star Boarder
In an effort to appease his wife's wealthy aunt (Grace Goodall), newly-wed Charley must masquerade as a boarder in his own home while his wife (Constance Bergen) pretends to be married to an old beau (T. Roy Barnes).
Big Game
Big Game (1921) - Short Film
While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently come to the aid of a kidnapped tourist.
Just a Real Good Car
Charley/Jimmy is a car salesman who takes an unruly family of prospective buyers for a picnic in the woods.
He\
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 he wants to avoid being charged and sent to jail, he will have to work. Then, while he is tending bar, there is a sudden opening in the floor show, and the tramp is forced to fill in. Nor is that the last of the duties he is unexpectedly asked to perform. (imdb)
Powder and Smoke
A lightning rod salesman gets in the middle of a western shootout.
He Wouldn\
A man plots to kill a friend and marry his wife in order to get hold of insurance money.
One of the Family
Charley Chase (as Jimmy Jump) is hired as a chauffeur.
Don\
Don't Forget (1924) - Short Film
A man arrives late at his own wedding.
Hard Knocks
Hard Knocks (1924) - Short Film
A man tries to win over the daughter of his boss.
At First Sight
A man falls in love with a woman he thinks is a rich lady when in fact she is her maid.
Just a Minute
A car salesman wants to get married but has to make one last sell first.
Publicity Pays
A man tries to help his wife getting famous.
Stolen Goods
Stolen Goods (1924) - Short Film
A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac.
Sittin\
Charley pretends to be a cop--using his girlfriend's father's uniform to convince a thief to stop and give back the stolen car. However, things snowball and the guy insists that he wants to be arrested and forces Chase to take him to jail. Once at the police station, Charley is then ordered to help a group of real cops to apprehend a crazed killer (Parrott). Not wanting to go to jail for imitating a policeman, Chase reluctantly goes along--but looks for every opportunity to escape.
Jeffries Jr.
Jeffries Jr. (1924) - Short Film
Jimmy Jump goes training with boxing legend James J. Jeffries.
Hello Baby!
Hello Baby! (1925) - Short Film
Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) and his wife find a baby left at their door. They happily take the baby in but find themselves at a loss when they want to sleep but the baby cries all night.
Fighting Fluid
Charley Chase plays the type of character he does best, which is a weak nerd who is constantly letting people push him around. This happens at his work when a co-worker sneaks off with the boss's daughter who just happens to be the crush for Charley. After accidentally getting loaded on bootleg whiskey, Charley gets some courage and goes out to get his woman.
Big Red Riding Hood
Jimmy is asked by the Swedish Government to translate for educational purpose "Little Red Riding Hood", but he can't afford to buy the book, so he tries reading it at the book shop, something the owner doesn't like. But with a little help by the owner's wife it is not impossible, even when the book is bought by somebody else, put in a car and the car is stolen. (imdb)
Looking for Sally
Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity of each other, but meet unbeknownst to that fact. Jimmie decides that he has to find that girl. Finally, after having annoyed a policeman, and a great fraction of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. (imdb)
No Father to Guide Him
Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues. (imdb)
The Uneasy Three
A crook, his moll, and his moll's dimwitted brother set about stealing a valuable jewel during a high-society party. They impersonate a trio of musicians hired to play for the affair, and when the real musicians show up, the gang must not only convince the party-goers that they can play the instruments, they must also persuade the party-goers that the real musicians are crooks out to steal the jewel. (imdb)
Charley My Boy!
A hard boiled business man wants his daughter to marry for wealth, and not for love. Charley comes into the office seeking a job, and gets confused with an old geezer there as a prospective groom. Both show up at the business man's home later, where a scramble around the house has Charley trying to hide his boss's liquor from prohibition cops. (imdb)
Thundering Tenors
Charley is invited to a high class party, where he feels ill at ease and has no idea how to act, yet he wants to impress his young lady.
The Tabasco Kid
When a wealthy rancher tells his bookkeeper Charley that he is expecting his beautiful daughter Mary back home, the meek accountant's ardor for her is rekindled. Things become complicated when Francisco Murietta, a dashing local outlaw chief, becomes smitten with her too. Charley, a lookalike for the infamous bandito, impersonates his rival in order to win Mary, but Murietta's men aren't so easily fooled. (imdb)
The Nickel Nurser
A wealthy man wants his three free-spending daughters, who are in their twenties, to learn fiscal discipline. An attorney suggests that Charley, an efficiency expert, move in and provide guidance. The young women play a trick on the stiff-necked Charley by having Thelma, one of the sisters, switch places with Greta, their garboesque maid. Greta plays her part well, vamping and flirting with Charley, to the chagrin of her husband, the butler. (imdb)
Mr. Bride
Mr. Bride (1932) - Short Film
Super-efficient "Flea Powder King" Mr. Henderson takes his assistant Charley with him on a dry-run of a Honeymoon trip to note how everything will happen and avoid mistakes. However, Charley is forced to act out the position of an actual "Mrs. Henderson" with ever deepening humiliation, including riding sidesaddle, wearing a corsage and having his hair waved. (imdb)
Luncheon at Twelve
Charley unwittingly becomes a house painter. (imdb)
Another Wild Idea
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. To test it, Betty's father zaps Charley hoping his newly-aberrant behavior will cause Betty to end her affections for the milquetoast. Dad's plan backfires: the invention works perfectly, Charley gets a backbone, and Betty loves her new forceful man. However, Charley's courage and lack of a superego get him in trouble with the law. (imdb)
Southern Exposure
Connie Chase receives a letter from Chaseville in Chase County, Kentucky, informing her that her lawyer husband, Jimmie, is a descendant of the Blue Grass State Chases. Assuming that they are now aristocratic heirs, they take a trip to visit their wealthy relations. They soon discover that Chaseville is a back-country hick town, and that their kin are dirt-poor illiterates who ambulate in bare feet. Nevertheless Pappy (Charley Chase) could use Jimmie to defend him in a breach of promise lawsuit. (imdb)
From Bad to Worse
Charley's honeymoon is upset by a woman and her jealous husband. (imdb)
The Big Squirt
Soda jerk reads mystery stories, fancies himself a master detective. (imdb)
The Grand Hooter
Charley's wife accuses him of preferring his Hoot Owl Lodge over her. (imdb)
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 pretends she's fallen for him, infuriating the friend.Charley must stay overnight, and unexpected complications put him in the wife's bedroom. (imdb)
The Wrong Miss Wright
Charley tries to get out of an arranged marriage so he can marry another girl. What he doesn't realize is that they are one and same girl. (imdb)
Time Out for Trouble
Charley Chase is engaged to be married and while in a department store, shopping for his fiancée, saves a woman from being hit on the head by a heavy box, but his fiancée only sees a newspaper-published picture of Charley holding the girl in his lap. His angry fiancée breaks off their engagement. The girl is the wife of a notorious gangster who lives in the same apartment building as Charley, and the heart-broken and despondent Charley asks the gangster to bump him off. (imdb)
Pie a la Maid
Charley falls for a waitress who mistakes him for a gangster. (imdb)
The Nightshirt Bandit
A criminology professor sets out to find the "sleepwalking bandit", but when he finally catches up with the somnambulistic thief, it's not quite who he thought it would be. (imdb)
The Mind Needer
Charley's memory is so poor he forgets who some people are, and must be told things repeatedly. He mistakes the home next door for his, and takes a bath there.The jealous neighbor thinks he's having an affair with his wife. (imdb)
Many Sappy Returns
Charley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in. (imdb)
The Chump Takes a Bump
At a nightclub, Charley fails to recognize his newly blonde wife. (imdb)
The Awful Goof
A girl keeps meeting Charley the wrong moments, including losing her dress in his car, and later he finds himself in her apartment. Her jealous boxer-husband is obsessed with killing Charley after seeing them together again and again. (imdb)
Skinny the Moocher
Deep in debt, Charley must marry a wealthy society girl, and attends an afternoon party to announce the engagement.Trouble is, he's menaced by two thuggish creditors and must take his kleptomaniac butler along, passing him off as an uncle. (imdb)
The Sap Takes a Wrap
'Mother' (Ethel Clayton) reads a newspaper article about Charley's engagement to her daughter, but she isn't impressed. When Charley finds out about the paper he threatens to sue the writer (John Tyrrell) for publishing an untrue story before kicking him out of his office.
Teacher\
TEACHER'S PEST features Charley as a school teacher who wants to bring some "Edumacation" to the people of a hillbilly town. Charley is shot at, given a bed to sleep in that he must share with a mother pig and her piglets and finally gets to teach the gun crazy yokels. Turns out that an evil land baron wants to buy the town cause it is sitting on a rich oil reserve.
South of the Boudoir
Charley, over his wife's objections, has invited his boss over for dinner. Mrs. Chase walks out, and Charley hires a waitress to pose as his wife. Meanwhile, the boss picks up Mrs. Chase and brings her as his dinner guest. (imdb)
His Bridal Fright
Charley writes to girls all over the world in order to get foreign postage stamps for his collection--but winds up with a passel of girls who think he's their fiance. (imdb)
Cursed by His Beauty
Married ice man Charles Murray is "Cursed by His Beauty" (1914) when he becomes a model for a female artist.
Hash House Mashers
A boarder pursues his love, the landlords daughter, much mayhem in the process.
All at Sea
All at Sea (1919) - Short Film
Sailor 'Snub' Pollard on 'beach leave'.
Forgotten Sweeties
Chase lives across on the same apartment floor as his old sweetheart but they just found out about that and their spouses are none too thrilled about it!
Fast Work
Fast Work (1930) - Short Film
Charley mistakes an escaped lunatic for the father of a girl he's intersted in.
Limousine Love
On the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car.
There Ain\
Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family. He wants to get an expensive wristwatch for his wife, but his landlord takes it, then his other presents are switched with Noah's, and then both have a back and forth battle for a long white beard for their Santa costumes.
All Wet
All Wet (1924) - Short Film
Jimmie Jump is a boarding house resident who receives a telegram telling him to pick up an important shipment at the train station at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. No good deed goes unpunished, and Jimmie has a whole lot of trouble getting to the depot.
Dollar Dizzy
Dollar Dizzy (1930) - Short Film
Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money.
Girl Shock
Girl Shock (1930) - Short Film
Charley goes into hysterics whenever his fiancée touches him.
High C\
High C's (1930) - Short Film
Charles is a doughboy in France; for him, war is another opportunity to sing in a quartet. He falls for Antoinette, a local bar maid. She likes him too. She encourages him to study, so he does and becomes a sergeant. But, his love life and musical career are interrupted by shooting, trench warfare, and Charlie's continual run-ins with a cranky lieutenant. A crisis befalls Charlie when the quartet's tenor is shot in the throat.
One of the Smiths
Charley, representing a manufacturer of musical instruments, is sent to investigate why certain mail orders have not been settled. Charley, carrying multiple bulky instruments, boards a train and gives the conductor, the porter, and the passengers a terrible night as he tries to settle into his upper berth. Arriving at his rural destination of Beaver Dam, Charley masquerades as a hillbilly to track down the missing instruments. At the barn dance, he sings "Handsome Jim."
Skip the Maloo!
Charlie Chase, playing the Duke of Chasewick, but hired by Dell Henderson to play himself, and disabuse his wife and daughter of any fondness for nobility.
What a Bozo!
What a Bozo! (1931) - Short Film
A bandleader ignores a pretty dancer who fancies him in order to chase after a beautiful, snooty high-society dame.
Life Hesitates at 40
Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.
Public Ghost #1
Charley is hired to haunt a house.
Plain and Fancy Girls
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 no-frills girl.
Merry Widower
Julius (Jimmy Finlayson) loses his wife to Rudy (Tyler Brooke) because he's too busy going on hunting trips. But when she arranges to meet with a fortune teller, Julius hatches a plan to win her back.
La señorita de Chicago
This movie is the Spanish language version of The Pip from Pittsburg (1931).
In Walked Charley
Charley, a travel agent, finds himself in a situation where he has to humor an apparent lunatic.
His Silent Racket
James Finlayson manages to con Charley into becoming his partner in a failing dry cleaning shop that has been targeted by gangsters running a protection racket.
Now We\
Charley unwittingly puts on a belt that has the power to change the wearer's personality.
Fallen Arches
Told to "hike" out to his company's West Coast headquarters, Charley does exactly that.
Sherman Said It
Although the war is over, Charley still can't seem to find his way out of France.
Fate\
A woman (Dorothy Granger) thinks through a series of misunderstandings thinks Charley is flirting with her. She later comes to the Chase home (she is Dorothy's friend) and more misunderstandings ensue.
Four Parts
Four Parts (1934) - Short Film
Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.
I\
Ice-cream vendor Charley gets mixed up with a cute girl and her snotty nephew.
It Happened One Day
Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter.
You Said a Hatful!
When he learns the secret news that it will be sold today at 4pm in Kansas City, international banker J.P. Anderson sets in motion a plan to purchase the Tippycanoe Tuckahoe & Tehachapi Railroad. He will arrive in Kansas City prior to the meeting with an offer the current owner can't refuse. He will go with his hapless secretary, Charley Chase, with the two switching places - Charley will pretend to be J.P., and J.P. will pretend to be Charley.
Manhattan Monkey Business
When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.
Okay Toots!
Okay Toots! (1935) - Short Film
Charley Chase, a stockbroker, gets rich by mistake, has parking trouble, then at home finds his wife Toots seeing a psychic who apparently causes husband and wife to switch bodies!
Poker at Eight
Charley Chase movie where Charley wants to go out to have a poker night with the boys but much to his chagrin his wife won’t let him.
Neighborhood House
Charley, his wife Rosina and their daughter Darla attend "Bank night" at their local movie theater, more eager to win the cash prize than see the picture. When little Darla is selected to choose the winning ticket, she draws her father's number. The crowd reacts angrily, thinking that the drawing is a fraud, forcing the child to choose another number. This one turns out to be her own ticket, after which a third drawing yields her mother's ticket.
Vamp Till Ready
Charley's somewhat prudish wife pretends to be a party girl.
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 horse; unfortunately, they bet on the wrong horse.
Live and Learn
'Snub' Pollard gets knocked about at Prof. Biceps School of Physical Culture.
April Fool
April Fool (1920) - Short Film
A burlesque on the life of a sailor at sea.
Jack Frost
Jack Frost (1923) - Short Film
On a farm in zero degree weather, Snub, the hired hand, attempts to keep warm and to keep the farm's deed out of the hands of rogues.
Many Scrappy Returns
A Charley Chase marriage comedy.
The Big Squawk
Shy Charley tries to win his girl.
Snappy Sneezer
Charley falls in love with Thelma, but his attack of hay fever alienates her father.
Leaping Love
Leaping Love (1929) - Short Film
Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.
Crazy Feet
Crazy Feet (1929) - Short Film
Charley intervenes in a fight between Eddie and Thelma inside her small car. Cop Kennedy misinterprets things, and Charley hides in the theatre Thelma is rehearsing in. Charley replaces Eddie as Thelma's partner in an artistic dance act, and makes a fiasco of it.
Don\
'Snub' Pollard on a boat.
Stepping Out
Stepping Out (1929) - Short Film
Charley goes out for an evening on the town without his wife.
Great Gobs!
Great Gobs! (1929) - Short Film
Charley and Edgar on shore leave in Mexico, fight for the affection of a pretty senorita.
The Cracked Ice Man
Charley finds that he got more than he bargained for when he takes a job as a kindergarten teacher.
A One Mama Man
Charley Chase on a boat with girls.
Us
Us (1927) - Short Film
Charley tries to muster enough courage to take an airplane ride, then ends up with the flight of his life.
Are Brunettes Safe?
Charley impersonates his double, a man named Bud Martin, unaware that he's a wanted criminal.
Something Simple
Taken to a hospital, after suffering a dizzy spell, Charley is told by a 'nut', posing as a doctor, that he suffers from 'Tetra-Ethyl", and the only remedy is to sit down, relax, clear the mind and recite a nursery rhyme. The fake doctor gives Charley a package to deliver to Mr. Henderson, the "Supreme Crown of the Knights of the Brown Derby." At the hotel, hosting a convention of "Brown Derbies," Charley suffers a dizzy spell and the only place he can find to sit down is in Mr. Henderson's lap.