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Harry Bernard
- Painter on Streetcar
- (uncredited)
Georgie Billings
- Little Boy on Telephone
- (uncredited)
Harry Bowen
- Streetcar Conductor
- (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
- Distraught Passenger on Streetcar
- (uncredited)
Fay Holderness
- Streetcar Passenger
- (uncredited)
Lyle Tayo
- Streetcar Passenger
- (uncredited)
Harry Wilde
- Streetcar Passenger With Pipe
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAccording to a surviving call sheet, 20 extras were used as streetcar passengers.
Featured review
This Charley Chase short features Chase along with two Hal Roach Studio standbys, James Finlayson and Billy Gilbert. Finlayson plays Charley's girlfriend's father and Gilbert an unbilled role as a passenger on a trolley.
When the story begins, you see that Charley's girlfriend's mother hates him, as he's unemployed (something common due to the Depression). So, she tries hard to get her daughter to date Eddie...who works for the trolley company, just like the girl's father. However, the father (Finlayson) prefers Charley...as does his daughter. But both are afraid to buck the domineering mother.
At one point, Charley is offered a job with the trolley company...provided he is married. Such things might sound silly, but back during the Depression jobs were hard to come by and companies would sometimes favor folks with families to support. He is able to get married on the sly but by the time he returns with the wife and marriage certificate, the job has been filled. Is there any hope for Charley?
This film is a bit more athletic than most of Chase's films...with some funny bits involving the trolley and a climactic fight as well. Overall, while not a hilarious film, it is very pleasing and ends quite well.
When the story begins, you see that Charley's girlfriend's mother hates him, as he's unemployed (something common due to the Depression). So, she tries hard to get her daughter to date Eddie...who works for the trolley company, just like the girl's father. However, the father (Finlayson) prefers Charley...as does his daughter. But both are afraid to buck the domineering mother.
At one point, Charley is offered a job with the trolley company...provided he is married. Such things might sound silly, but back during the Depression jobs were hard to come by and companies would sometimes favor folks with families to support. He is able to get married on the sly but by the time he returns with the wife and marriage certificate, the job has been filled. Is there any hope for Charley?
This film is a bit more athletic than most of Chase's films...with some funny bits involving the trolley and a climactic fight as well. Overall, while not a hilarious film, it is very pleasing and ends quite well.
- planktonrules
- Jul 12, 2020
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- Runtime21 minutes
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