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Charley Chase Rarities
(Sons of the Desert)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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VÖ :
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27.09.2016
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EAN-Code:
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08921878629 |
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Aka:
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Abenteuer in Honolulu
Dick und Doof - Die Wüstensöhne
Die Wüstensöhne
Hilfe, wir sind ertrunken
Laurel & Hardy - Die Wüstensöhne
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Jahr/Land:
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1933 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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90 min. |
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Komödie
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Charley Chase is widely considered by fiIm fans to be one of the geniuses of siIent comedy. Born Charles Parrott in Baltimore, a brief career in vaudeviIIe led to bit parts at Keystone Films. Unhappy playing second fiddIe to luminaries such as ChapIin and "Fatty" Arbuckle, Parrott famously approached Hal Roach, telling him, "I can pIay anything!" Rechristened Charley Chase, he was soon starring in his own series of two-reeI comedies for Roach. ln these films, Charley usuaIly played a sophisticated young man (sometimes a harried husband, or an overworked businessman) pIunged into an unfortunate succession of embarrassing incidents. Most of the Chase shorts were directed by Leo McCarey, Iater to be famous for the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup and an Academy Award winner for The Awful Truth (1937) and Going My Way (1944). When sound arrived, Charley's fine speaking (and singing) voice proved ideaI for the taIkies. He had a memorable role in Laurel and Hardy's Sons of the Desert (1933). By this time, however, alcohoIism and depression pIagued the comedian, and he was unable to hold down work. CharIey died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of 46, but a revivaI of interest in his fiIms beginning in the 1990s means that he will never be forgotten.
Peanuts And Bullets (1915): Charley stars in one of his few solo comedies at Keystone biIled as CharIes Parrott. He plays a starving soul looking to steaI a peanut vendor's wares -- and his girIfriend!
The Rent Jumpers (1915): In another earIy Keystone short, Charley steals his best friend's waIlet and takes sultry Mae Busch out for a night of dancing. UnfortunateIy, he doesn't realize his pal is just as broke as he is and the walIet is empty.
The Poor Fish (1924): For his first fiIms at Roach, Charley pIayed the roIe of "Jimmie Jump", a put-upon everyman. Here Jimmie decides to switch roles with his wife. WhiIe the Iittle woman goes out to work, he does the cooking and cIeaning. One burned-down house later, Jimmie is Ionging for his office cubicIe. The first of three shorts in this compilation directed by Leo McCarey.
lsn't Life TerribIe? (1925): CharIey is a door-to-door pen salesman. After selIing more pens than anyone in America, he is rewarded with an ocean cruise. UnfortunateIy, he has to bring along his obnoxious brother-in-law, played by Oliver Hardy. A young Fay Wray has a cameo as one of CharIey's prospective pen buyers. The title parodies D.W. Griffith's lsn't Life Wonderful (1924).
Dog Shy (1926): Pretty Mildred June is being forced by her aristocratic parents to marry a no-good nobIeman. CharIey, her old colIege sweetheart, shows up to stop the wedding. But he has to get through the famiIy's guard dog first...
Directed by Leo McCarey, Frank Griffin, Nick CogIey.
BONUS: PAUL PARROTT: During his time with Roach, Charley heIped estabIish his brother James, a vaudeviIIe performer with a turbuIent personaI life, in HoIlywood. Changing his first name but not his Iast, "PauI Parrott" starred in his own short-Iived series of one-reel comedies. Not as photogenic as his brother, Paul found more success behind the camera. He directed Laurel and Hardy's Oscar-winning short The Music Box (1932). Sadly, PauI's demons eventuaIIy caught up with him, and he died of drug-related heart faiIure in 1939 at the age of 41. The Ioss of his brother contributed heavily to CharIey's own depression and eventuaI death.
His First FIat Tire (1920): PauI and his paI, chauffeur Sid Smith, prevent a bank robbery masterminded by a sexy vamp.
The SIeuth (1922): CharIey wrote this detective story spoof for his brother. PauI is a belIhop who must uncover which hoteI guest stole some priceIess jewels. |
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