Personal Info
Birthday
October 19, 1893
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Known For
Acting
Charley Chase
Biography
Charles Joseph Parrott (October 20, 1893 – June 20, 1940), known professionally as Charley Chase, was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies. Born Charles Joseph Parrott in Baltimore, Maryland, Charley Chase began performing in vaudeville as a teenager and started his career in films by working in film in 1912.
Directed Movies (72)
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9.0
The Three Stooges Follies
Movie1974
5.6
Saved by the Belle
Movie1939
6.3
Flat Foot Stooges
Movie1938
8.0
A Nag in the Bag
Movie1938
6.7
Mutts to You
Movie1938
7.1
Violent Is the Word for Curly
Movie1938
6.8
Tassels in the Air
Movie1938
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10.0
Oh, What a Knight!
Movie1937
5.9
On the Wrong Trek
Movie1936
7.0
Vamp Till Ready
Movie1936
9.0
Neighborhood House
Movie1936
6.0
The Count Takes the Count
Movie1936
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5.5
Public Ghost # 1
Movie1935
10.0
Manhattan Monkey Business
Movie1935
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7.0
Nurse to You!
Movie1935
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10.0
The Four Star Boarder
Movie1935
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4.0
Southern Exposure
Movie1935
7.3
The Chases of Pimple Street
Movie1934
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8.0
Fate's Fathead
Movie1934
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7.0
You Said a Hatful!
Movie1934
6.0
Something Simple
Movie1934
8.0
It Happened One Day
Movie1934
4.4
Another Wild Idea
Movie1934
10.0
I'll Take Vanilla
Movie1934
6.5
Four Parts
Movie1934
10.0
The Cracked Ice Man
Movie1934
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9.0
Luncheon at Twelve
Movie1933
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10.0
Sherman Said It
Movie1933
7.5
Midsummer Mush
Movie1933
6.0
Arabian Tights
Movie1933
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8.0
His Silent Racket
Movie1933
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4.2
The Bargain of the Century
Movie1933
6.5
Nature in the Wrong
Movie1933
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10.0
Dear Ol' Pal
Movie1923
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6.5
Jus' Passin' Through
Movie1923
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10.0
Jack Frost
Movie1923
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7.0
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Movie1923
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6.8
Sold at Auction!
Movie1923
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9.0
A Tough Winter
Movie1923
0.0
Newly Rich
Movie1922
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0.0
The Old Sea Dog
Movie1922
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8.0
365 Days
Movie1922
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9.0
The Stone Age
Movie1922
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6.3
The Dumb-Bell
Movie1922
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6.0
Do Me a Favor
Movie1922
9.0
Hot Off the Press
Movie1922
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6.0
Fifteen Minutes
Movie1921
6.5
Moonshine
Movie1920
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7.0
April Fool
Movie1920
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5.9
Married to Order
Movie1920
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5.5
Call a Taxi!
Movie1920
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4.0
Italian Love
Movie1920
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6.0
Fresh Paint
Movie1920
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6.0
Waltz Me Around
Movie1920
0.0
When Spirits Move
Movie1920
0.0
The Nickel Snatcher
Movie1920
7.0
Don't Park Here
Movie1919
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0.0
One Night Only
Movie1919
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7.0
Her First False Hare
Movie1919
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5.0
The Flirts
Movie1919
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0.0
Coppers and Scents
Movie1919
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7.0
Ship Ahoy
Movie1919
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5.0
Rolling Stone
Movie1919
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5.7
He's In Again
Movie1918
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6.0
Hello Trouble
Movie1918
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4.6
Bright and Early
Movie1918
0.0
His Merry Mix-Up
Movie1917
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0.0
There's Many a Fool
Movie1917
8.0
The Cloud Puncher
Movie1917
0.0
Chased Into Love
Movie1917
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4.5
A Hash House Fraud
Movie1915
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0.0
He Wouldn't Stay Down
Movie1915
Acting Filmography (229)
0.0
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
Movie2025
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7.0
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Movie1992
7.2
4 Clowns
Movie1970
7.0
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Movie1967
5.3
30 Years of Fun
Movie1963
6.0
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie1961
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6.5
When Comedy Was King
Movie1960
7.1
The Golden Age of Comedy
Movie1957
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0.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie1942
9.0
His Bridal Fright
Movie1940
7.0
South of the Boudoir
Movie1940
7.0
The Heckler
Movie1940
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7.0
The Awful Goof
Movie1939
8.0
Teacher's Pest
Movie1939
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8.0
Skinny the Moocher
Movie1939
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7.0
Rattling Romeo
Movie1939
8.0
The Chump Takes a Bump
Movie1939
8.0
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Movie1939
8.0
Pie a la Maid
Movie1938
8.0
A Nag in the Bag
Movie1938
10.0
The Nightshirt Bandit
Movie1938
6.5
Many Sappy Returns
Movie1938
7.0
The Mind Needer
Movie1938
4.2
Time Out for Trouble
Movie1938
6.5
Man Bites Lovebug
Movie1937
6.0
The Big Squirt
Movie1937
8.0
Calling All Doctors
Movie1937
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9.0
The Wrong Miss Wright
Movie1937
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7.0
From Bad to Worse
Movie1937
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10.0
The Grand Hooter
Movie1937
6.8
Hollywood Party
Movie1937
7.0
Kelly the Second
Movie1936
5.9
On the Wrong Trek
Movie1936
7.0
Vamp Till Ready
Movie1936
9.0
Neighborhood House
Movie1936
6.0
The Count Takes the Count
Movie1936
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5.5
Public Ghost # 1
Movie1935
10.0
Manhattan Monkey Business
Movie1935
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7.0
Nurse to You!
Movie1935
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10.0
The Four Star Boarder
Movie1935
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4.0
Southern Exposure
Movie1935
7.3
The Chases of Pimple Street
Movie1934
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8.0
Fate's Fathead
Movie1934
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7.0
You Said a Hatful!
Movie1934
6.0
Something Simple
Movie1934
8.0
It Happened One Day
Movie1934
4.4
Another Wild Idea
Movie1934
10.0
I'll Take Vanilla
Movie1934
6.5
Four Parts
Movie1934
10.0
The Cracked Ice Man
Movie1934
7.1
Sons of the Desert
Movie1933
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9.0
Luncheon at Twelve
Movie1933
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10.0
Sherman Said It
Movie1933
7.5
Midsummer Mush
Movie1933
6.0
Arabian Tights
Movie1933
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8.0
His Silent Racket
Movie1933
6.5
Nature in the Wrong
Movie1933
7.5
Fallen Arches
Movie1933
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5.8
Mr. Bride
Movie1932
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7.0
Now We'll Tell One
Movie1932
7.0
Girl Grief
Movie1932
9.0
Young Ironsides
Movie1932
10.0
First in War
Movie1932
8.0
In Walked Charley
Movie1932
4.0
The Nickel Nurser
Movie1932
7.0
The Tabasco Kid
Movie1932
7.7
Hasty Marriage
Movie1931
5.7
What a Bozo!
Movie1931
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7.0
Skip the Maloo!
Movie1931
3.7
The Panic Is On
Movie1931
8.0
One of the Smiths
Movie1931
7.0
Rough Seas
Movie1931
6.8
Little Daddy
Movie1931
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9.0
The lady from Chicago
Movie1931
6.6
The Pip from Pittsburg
Movie1931
8.0
Thundering Tenors
Movie1931
4.4
High C's
Movie1930
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9.0
A gray in the air
Movie1930
6.0
Looser Than Loose
Movie1930
6.8
Dollar Dizzy
Movie1930
5.8
Girl Shock
Movie1930
7.0
Fast Work
Movie1930
5.6
Fifty Million Husbands
Movie1930
4.8
All Teed Up
Movie1930
6.2
Whispering Whoopee
Movie1930
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6.4
The Real McCoy
Movie1930
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10.0
Great Gobs!
Movie1929
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6.0
Stepping Out
Movie1929
6.8
Crazy Feet
Movie1929
6.8
Snappy Sneezer
Movie1929
10.0
Modern Love
Movie1929
9.0
Leaping Love
Movie1929
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8.0
The Big Squawk
Movie1929
6.7
Movie Night
Movie1929
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8.0
Loud Soup
Movie1929
10.0
Ruby Lips
Movie1929
7.0
Chasing Husbands
Movie1928
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7.0
The Booster
Movie1928
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8.0
Is Everybody Happy?
Movie1928
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9.0
Imagine My Embarrassment
Movie1928
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6.0
Limousine Love
Movie1928
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9.0
Aching Youth
Movie1928
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7.0
The Family Group
Movie1928
7.0
All for Nothing
Movie1928
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7.0
Never the Dames Shall Meet
Movie1927
10.0
Assistant Wives
Movie1927
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6.4
The Way of All Pants
Movie1927
5.8
Call of the Cuckoo
Movie1927
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6.6
Now I'll Tell One
Movie1927
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7.0
The Lighter That Failed
Movie1927
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10.0
The Sting of Stings
Movie1927
10.0
What Women Did for Me
Movie1927
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5.2
Us
Movie1927
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7.0
The Glorious Fourth
Movie1927
5.6
Fluttering Hearts
Movie1927
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8.0
Bigger and Better Blondes
Movie1927
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5.3
Forgotten Sweeties
Movie1927
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9.0
A One Mama Man
Movie1927
8.0
Are Brunettes Safe?
Movie1927
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9.0
Many Scrappy Returns
Movie1927
6.8
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Movie1926
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5.8
Be Your Age
Movie1926
5.5
Tell 'Em Nothing
Movie1926
5.8
Bromo and Juliet
Movie1926
6.2
Crazy Like a Fox
Movie1926
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8.0
Merry Widower
Movie1926
6.0
Thundering Fleas
Movie1926
6.8
Mighty Like a Moose
Movie1926
6.3
Long Fliv the King
Movie1926
6.1
Mum's the Word
Movie1926
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7.1
Dog Shy
Movie1926
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7.0
Mama Behave
Movie1926
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5.6
Charley My Boy!
Movie1926
7.1
His Wooden Wedding
Movie1925
7.0
The Uneasy Three
Movie1925
4.0
The Caretaker's Daughter
Movie1925
6.8
No Father to Guide Him
Movie1925
7.0
Innocent Husbands
Movie1925
6.1
Isn't Life Terrible?
Movie1925
6.6
What Price Goofy?
Movie1925
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6.5
Looking for Sally
Movie1925
6.5
Big Red Riding Hood
Movie1925
7.3
Bad Boy
Movie1925
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6.0
Is Marriage the Bunk?
Movie1925
8.0
Hard Boiled
Movie1925
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8.0
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Movie1925
10.0
Plain and Fancy Girls
Movie1925
9.0
The Family Entrance
Movie1925
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6.8
Fighting Fluid
Movie1925
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6.3
Hello Baby!
Movie1925
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6.8
The Rat's Knuckles
Movie1925
7.0
The Royal Razz
Movie1924
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7.5
The Poor Fish
Movie1924
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3.5
Just a Real Good Car
Movie1924
7.5
Accidental Accidents
Movie1924
9.0
Bungalow Boobs
Movie1924
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4.7
Too Many Mammas
Movie1924
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7.0
Sittin' Pretty
Movie1924
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6.0
Outdoor Pajamas
Movie1924
8.0
Why Men Work
Movie1924
9.0
Sweet Daddy
Movie1924
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6.5
Seeing Nellie Home
Movie1924
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6.0
A Ten-Minute Egg
Movie1924
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7.0
Stolen Goods
Movie1924
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6.9
Jubilo, Jr.
Movie1924
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6.0
Young Oldfield
Movie1924
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6.0
April Fool
Movie1924
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5.7
Publicity Pays
Movie1924
6.1
The King of the Wild Horses
Movie1924
6.8
The 'Fraidy Cat
Movie1924
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5.0
One of the Family
Movie1924
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6.2
Powder and Smoke
Movie1924
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6.8
Hard Knocks
Movie1924
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5.3
Don't Forget
Movie1924
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6.7
Jeffries, Jr.
Movie1924
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6.3
Just a Minute
Movie1924
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6.5
At First Sight
Movie1924
5.8
All Wet
Movie1924
7.0
Long Live the King
Movie1923
10.0
Her Dangerous Path
Movie1923
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10.0
Jack Frost
Movie1923
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6.8
Sold at Auction!
Movie1923
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9.0
The Stone Age
Movie1922
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6.3
The Dumb-Bell
Movie1922
6.5
Moonshine
Movie1920
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7.0
April Fool
Movie1920
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5.9
Married to Order
Movie1920
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4.0
Italian Love
Movie1920
0.0
When Spirits Move
Movie1920
0.0
The Nickel Snatcher
Movie1920
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7.0
Ship Ahoy
Movie1919
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5.0
Rolling Stone
Movie1919
No Backdrop
5.7
He's In Again
Movie1918
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6.0
Hello Trouble
Movie1918
0.0
Chased Into Love
Movie1917
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4.2
A Versatile Villain
Movie1915
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4.7
Love, Loot and Crash
Movie1915
4.7
The Rent Jumpers
Movie1915
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5.0
Settled at the Seaside
Movie1915
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5.0
A One Night Stand
Movie1915
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5.7
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Movie1915
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5.1
That Little Band Of Gold
Movie1915
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4.2
Love in Armor
Movie1915
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0.0
He Wouldn't Stay Down
Movie1915
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5.0
Love, Speed and Thrills
Movie1915
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4.0
Hash House Mashers
Movie1915
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5.0
Peanuts and Bullets
Movie1915
6.2
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie1914
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5.5
Fatty's Magic Pants
Movie1914
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4.2
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Movie1914
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0.0
The Plumber
Movie1914
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4.4
Leading Lizzie Astray
Movie1914
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5.0
The Noise of Bombs
Movie1914
6.0
His Musical Career
Movie1914
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0.0
Cursed by His Beauty
Movie1914
5.8
Gentlemen of Nerve
Movie1914
6.1
Dough and Dynamite
Movie1914
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0.0
Zip, the Dodger
Movie1914
5.7
Those Love Pangs
Movie1914
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5.3
Hello, Mabel
Movie1914
5.2
Mabel's Blunder
Movie1914
6.1
The Rounders
Movie1914
5.9
His New Profession
Movie1914
5.7
The Masquerader
Movie1914
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4.1
Those Country Kids
Movie1914
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5.5
The Great Toe Mystery
Movie1914
5.7
Mabel's Busy Day
Movie1914
5.8
The Knockout
Movie1914
5.8
Mabel at the Wheel
Movie1914