Better 'Ole, The (1926) - (Movie Clip) Shell Shocked

Name: Better 'Ole, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) Shell Shocked
Uploaded: 2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 3 min 52 s
Description: His commanding officer and a farmer in the occupied French village explaining away his crackpot behavior, Old Bill (Syd Chaplin, older brother of Charlie) is determined to get breakfast, animal hijinks ensuing, in The Better 'Ole, 1926, 'Ole referring to "fox hole."

His commanding officer and a farmer in the occupied French village explaining away his crackpot behavior, Old Bill (Syd Chaplin, older brother of Charlie) is determined to get breakfast, animal hijinks ensuing, in The Better 'Ole, 1926, 'Ole referring to "fox hole."

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