Movie Night (1929)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Lewis R. Foster

Writer:

Leo McCarey (story)

Release Date:

11 May 1929 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Family

Plot:

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies, but the evening is hampered by an attempt to pass the wife's brother off as a child, a crowded theater, and the daughter's apparently contagious case of the hiccups. |

Plot Keywords:

Hiccups | Slapstick | Father Daughter Relationship | Egg | Movie Theater

Cast

Charley Chase	...	Charley Chase
Eugenia Gilbert	...	Mrs. Chase
Edith Fellows	...	The Chase Daughter
Spec O'Donnell	...	Mrs. Chase's Brother
Tiny Sandford	...	Cinema manager
Harry Semels	...	Movie Patron
Anita Garvin

Runtime:

USA:20 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Silent

Filming Locations:

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Hal Roach Studios

Trivia:

This was 'Charley Chase''s last silent comedy short.

Movie Connections:

Edited into When Comedy Was King (1960)

WOW!!!

Wow, I am a big silent movie fan, I like Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Chester Conklin but I had never heard of Charley Chase, so when I saw this, it astonished me. I had known his brother James Parrott but Charley changed his name. It's about Charley going to a silent movie theatre in the 1920s. Lots of laughs explode as soon as Laurel & Hardy regulars: Tiny Sandford and Charlie Hall appear. A Must See Comedy!