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Laughing Gas (1914) -- Charlie pretends to be a dentist though he is only his assistant. When a patient can't stop laughing from the anesthesia Charlie knocks him out with a club...

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Director:
Charles Chaplin
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Release Date:
9 July 1914 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Comedy more
Plot:
Charlie pretends to be a dentist though he is only his assistant. When a patient can't stop laughing... more | add synopsis
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a few good laughs, a lot of inexplicable punching more

Cast

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Charles Chaplin ... Dentist's Assistant
Fritz Schade ... Dr. Pain, the Dentist
Alice Howell ... Dentist's Wife
Joseph Sutherland ... Short Assistant
Slim Summerville ... Patient
Josef Swickard ... Patient
Mack Swain ... Patient
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Gene Marsh ... Patient (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Chaplin 
 
Produced by
Mack Sennett .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Frank D. Williams 
 
Film Editing by
Charles Chaplin (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Busy Little Dentist (USA)
Down and Out
Laffing Gas (USA)
The Dentist
Tuning His Ivories (USA)
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Runtime:
16 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Norway:A (1932) | Argentina:Atp
Company:
Keystone Film Company more

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a few good laughs, a lot of inexplicable punching, 23 June 2006
6/10
Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

I've seen quite a few Chaplin shorts from early in his career and I've noticed that his early stuff (done for Keystone Studios) is pretty dreadful stuff. Unlike his wonderful full-length films from the 20s and 30s, the films from 1914-1915 are incredibly poorly made--having no script but only vague instructions from the director. In most cases, the films had almost no plot and degenerated to people punching and kicking each other.

This short is quite a bit better than the norm. While at times the plot degenerates to a lot of punching and kicking for absolutely no reason at all, the film also has a few decent laughs as Charlie pretends to be a dentist. Nothing outstandingly funny, but compared to the generally boring stuff he did for the studio, it's a big improvement.

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