Better 'Ole, The (1926) - (Movie Clip) You Ain't Got Your Mind On The War!

Name: Better 'Ole, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) You Ain't Got Your Mind On The War!
Uploaded: 2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 3 min 14 s
Description: After an opening framing what was then "The Great War" and frustrated British commanders, we meet first heroic Bert (Harold Goodwin), then the star, Charlie's elder brother Sydney Chaplin as "Old Bill," and sidekick (Jack Ackroyd), early in The Better 'Ole, 1926, 'Ole short for fox-hole.

After an opening framing what was then "The Great War" and frustrated British commanders, we meet first heroic Bert (Harold Goodwin), then the star, Charlie's elder brother Sydney Chaplin as "Old Bill," and sidekick (Jack Ackroyd), early in The Better 'Ole, 1926, 'Ole short for fox-hole.

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