On the Wrong Trek

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Charlie relates his harrowing vacation to his co-workers, including his encounter with two confused, derby-hatted hitchikers.Charlie relates his harrowing vacation to his co-workers, including his encounter with two confused, derby-hatted hitchikers.Charlie relates his harrowing vacation to his co-workers, including his encounter with two confused, derby-hatted hitchikers.

Directors
- Charley Chase
- Harold Law
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6.0/10

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Directors
- Charley Chase
- Harold Law
Stars

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Stan Laurel

Hitchhiker
(uncredited)

Oliver Hardy

Hitchhiker
(uncredited)

Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Rosina Lawrence

Mrs. Chase

Clarence Wilson

Mr. Wilson (car owner)

Bonita Weber

Mother-in-law

Harry Bernard

Hobo
(uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

Bit Part
(uncredited)

Harry Bowen

Bit Part
(uncredited)

Sammy Brooks

Hitchhiker
(uncredited)

Bobby Burns

Bit Part
(uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Bit Part
(uncredited)

Jack Egan

Bit Part
(uncredited)

Dick Gilbert

Bit Part
(uncredited)

Jack Hill

Bit Part
(uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Gang Leader
(uncredited)

Bob Kortman

Gang Member in Cap
(uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Bit Part
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Although they have no lines, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy contribute comedy to their sequence by "thumbing" for a ride in opposite directions.

Quotes
Charley Chase: [referring to the hitchhikers] They look like a couple of horse thieves...

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Let's Make It a Big Day
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Written by Charley Chase
Performed by Charley Chase and Rosina Lawrence

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9/10

On The Way Out

Charley Chase, wife Rosina Lawrence, and mother-in-law Bonita Weber take a vacation in California. Well, they intend to, but comedy intervenes.

Chase's last short for Hal Roach is a fine one, with comics from more than 20 years in the movies coming to lend a hand; even Laurel & Hardy show up. Like many of Chase's shorts in his last season, it seems to possess a substantial subtext, as well as a substantial car-wrecking gag; certainly the way it ends, with Clarence Wilson kicking Charley through a door can be seen as a metaphor for the way Hal Roach treated him.

Chase was not through. He would go to Columbia, directing and starring, and was on his way to developing a fine style that combined his dapper, story-oriented comedy with the brutal slapstick producer Jules White championed. But even that would be cut short when he died on June 2, 1940 at the age of 46, having appeared in more than 240 shorts, seventeen movies, and directing more than 170.