Days of Thrills and Laughter
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jay Jackson
John E. Allen
Ralph F. Curtiss
Alfred Dahlem
Alfred Dahlem
Albert Gramaglia
Film Details
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Synopsis
Excerpts from film comedies and thrillers made before the introduction of sound motion pictures. Highlights include: (1) a 1904 French comedy called The Bath Chair Man; (2) Mack Sennett's Keystone Cops and Bathing Beauties; (3) Charlie Chaplin in two of his early comedies, The Adventurer and The Cure; (4) Douglas Fairbanks in a western spoof called Wild and Wooly; (5) scenes of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they became a team; (6) Ben Turpin playing checkers with Cameo, the Wonder Dog; (7) Harry Langdon in a World War I comedy; (8) Houdini rescuing a heroine from the brink of Niagara Falls in Man From Beyond ; (9) serial queens Pearl White and Ruth Roland escaping from countless dangers, including Warner Oland and Boris Karloff; (10) Monty Banks and his girl friend trapped on a runaway train in Play Safe ; (11) Charlie Chase in one of his early comedies; and (12) excerpts from the comedies of Al St. John and Snub Pollard.
Cast
Jay Jackson
Crew
John E. Allen
Ralph F. Curtiss
Alfred Dahlem
Alfred Dahlem
Albert Gramaglia
Paul Guffanti
Maurice Levy
Samuel Levy
Aaron Nathanson
Angelo Ross
Ted Royal
Jack Shaindlin
Robert Youngson
Robert Youngson
Film Details
Technical Specs
