Charley My Boy!

1926
23m

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A hard boiled business man wants his daughter to marry for wealth, and not for love. Charley comes into the office seeking a job, and gets confused with an old geezer there as a prospective ... Read allA hard boiled business man wants his daughter to marry for wealth, and not for love. Charley comes into the office seeking a job, and gets confused with an old geezer there as a prospective groom. Both show up at the business man's home later, where a scramble around the house ha... Read allA hard boiled business man wants his daughter to marry for wealth, and not for love. Charley comes into the office seeking a job, and gets confused with an old geezer there as a prospective groom. Both show up at the business man's home later, where a scramble around the house has Charley trying to hide his boss's liquor from prohibition cops.

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6.3/10

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Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Katherine Grant

Dodo

Walter James

President T.J.

William Courtright

Old Charley aka Charleyhorse

Fred Kelsey

Cop
(as Fred A. Kelsey)

Sidney D'Albrook

Assistant

Harry Bowen

Applicant
(uncredited)

Evelyn Burns

T.J.'s Wife
(uncredited)

Clara Guiol

Secretary
(uncredited)

Al Hallett

Butler
(uncredited)

Director
- Leo McCarey
Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Stan Laurel
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Trivia
The UCLA Film and Television Archive restored print had its television premiere on Turner Classic Movies on October 12, 2014.

Quotes
Charley: I wouldn't mind being thrown in the river - By a *nice* girl like you
Dodo: It would be a pleasure to throw a *nice* boy like you in the river

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9/10

What's in a Name?

The surviving prints of this Charley Chase short don't look so good. Still, that's all right. It's a piece from Charley's peak period, a fall story, good acting and lots of good comedy gags, some of which were apparently supplied by Stan Laurel, who was working behind the camera as much as in front of it at this time. Better this than a lot of bad stuff that survives in perfect prints.

The story is that Katherine Grant has been told off to marry an old man, which she doesn't care for; Charley is looking for a job. Guess who's father he goes to work for. And guess the name of the man Miss Grant is supposed to marry.

The plot is run out fully in this two-reeler, laced with the usual fine gags that Mr. Chase's unit used to punctuate them. Miss Grant -- this would be the next to last movie she would be in -- is pretty and does some nice reactions to Charley's shenanigans. Fred Kelsey plays a cop. What more do you want? Except for a good copy?