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In 2013, Sony Home Entertainment released digital restorations of Charley Chase's twenty short comedies for Columbia Pictures (1937-40) as part of its "Columbia Choice Collection" DVD series. In 2018-2022, the entire run of Charley Chase's sound-era short comedies for Hal Roach, produced between 1929 and 1936, was released on DVD in three ...
Actor: Neighborhood House. While Charley Chase is far from being as famous as "The Big Three" (Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd) today, he's highly respected as one of the "greats" by fans of silent comedy. Chase (real name Charles Parrott) was born in Maryland, USA, in 1893. After a brief career in vaudeville, burlesque, and ...
The Picture Galleries: Main Entrance. The Charley Chase Picture Galleries. Still Photographs, Contemporary Newspaper Ads, Movie Posters, and Lobby Cards. You can find many images from Charley Chase comedies as well as lobby cards and old film ads in the picture galleries below.
Charley Chase with Viola Richard and Anita Garvin in "Never the Dames Shall Meet" (1927). Now, thanks to a new book by Brian Anthony and Andy Edmonds, Smile When the Raindrops Fall , Charley Chase may once again receive some attention as one of the great screen comedians.
Charley Chase’s career spanned over four decades and saw him transition from silent films to talking pictures. He pioneered new techniques in comedy and introduced elements of storytelling that revolutionized the genre.
