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Favourite bit Charley Chase reading his book and hitting the walls and causing all sorts of mayhem for his neighbor Jerry Mandy. The vase was funny; the bed was hilarious! So funny. |
Trivia • Copyrighted July 27, 1931. • Features the song, "Cute Little Pal". • Also released with Spanish subtitles as "Tiempos de crises". • Charley's dog is none other than Laughing Gravy. • The book Charley receives in the post is "Force And Will" by Professor Carlitos Von Harbaugh. • The hotel is situated on the Hal Roach Back Lot. The location of it is the same spot where Laurel & Hardy are busking at the beginning of their film "Below Zero". If you look to the side of the five steps which lead up to the door from the sidewalk you can see a crate which is lying on its side (note the horizontal line through the middle of it) when the paperboy throws the paper up into the window. Later when Charley is evicted the crate is now standing upright with a vertical line through the middle of it. • The title of the film dervies from a line of dialogue spoken by Charley after the men take his newspaper. Charley says, "the panic is sure on!" • This was Billy Gilbert's first film for Hal Roach. What the experts say • "The scene where Charley reads his book and punches the wall and causes a vase falls to fall from a shelf onto Jerry Mandy's head made me laugh out loud!" ~ Lord Heath. |
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Charley Chase Charley Chase |
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Virginia Whiting Virginia Morgan |
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Howard Truesdale James Morgan |
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Margaret Mann Mrs. Mann, landlady |
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Billy Gilbert Smith, Investment broker a.k.a. The Spot |
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Frank Holliday Joe |
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Carl M. Leviness Crook |
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Harry Bernard Cop with toothache |
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Chester Bachman Second policeman |
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Baldwin Cooke Mr. Cooke |
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Jerry Mandy Charley's neighbor |
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Leo Willis Mugger |
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Charlie Hall Pedestrian |
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Bob Minford Tobacco vendor |
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Jack Hill Pedestrian |
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Ham Kinsey Pedestrian |
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Evelyn Burns Woman in hallway |
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Charles Meakin Crook |
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Cy Slocum Motorcycle cop |
Gordon Douglas [?] |
Charles Lloyd [?] |
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Laughing Gravy Charley's dog |
UNIDENTIFIED CAST |
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CREDITS |
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SHOT ON THE LOT The following scenes were filmed on the Hal Roach Back Lot and are included in the TOUR |
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Acknowledgements & sources: Smile When The Raindrops Fall by Brian Anthony & Andy Edmonds (book) Jesse Brisson (identification of Evelyn Burns, Charles Meakin, Gordon Douglas, Charles Lloyd, Cy Slocum) This page was last updated on: 26 March 2022 |