Charley Chase Collection, Volume 2

Charley Chase was making it as General Director at the Hal Roach Studios, working on silent films that starred other comics such as Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard, when Roach solicited him for work in front of the camera. He began making wildly popular one- and two-reel comedies, prototypes for the situation comedies of today. Usually playing a hapless young man who finds himself mired in an embarassing situation, he was also known as the good-looking, carefree hero who (almost) always got the girl. Manifesting the spirit of the '20s, Chase was a seminal comic whose work has gone overlooked for far too long. This collection offers a representative collection of Charley Chase's work from this swinging decade, replete with hilarious misunderstandings and slapstick antics. Titles include HIS WOODEN WEDDING, INNOCENT HUSBANDS, BROMO AND JULIET, DOG SHY, and ISN'T LIFE TERRIBLE.