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Includes early Hal Roach shorts like Mighty Like a Moose and Fluttering Hearts .
Chase’s first "part-talkie." It is painful and wonderful to watch him adjust to microphones. The scene where he sings "I’m in Love with You, I Don’t Care Who Knows It" is hauntingly charming.
. His screen persona—a dapper, ordinary man in street clothes—faced escalating mishaps in domestic and professional settings. This "normality" made his comedy uniquely relatable and arguably the precursor to the modern sitcom. Charley Chase MegaPack
Scholarly apparatus:
If you want to support the legacy legally, buy the "Charley Chase: The Hal Roach Silent Comedies" set from Lobster Films first. Then, use the MegaPack to fill the void of the 50+ shorts that have no commercial release. Includes early Hal Roach shorts like Mighty Like
Long considered a "holy grail" for fans, this short is exclusive to the Cut to the Chase collection and was struck from a 35mm print held at the Museum of Modern Art, making its DVD appearance an event in itself.
This MegaPack spans his legendary tenure at (where he mentored Laurel & Hardy) and his later, more audacious sound shorts at Columbia . You’ll witness the evolution of a master: from the frantic energy of the jazz-age two-reelers to the rapid-fire verbal wit of the pre-Code talkies. Scholarly apparatus: If you want to support the
: Many modern releases include newly composed scores that breathe life into the silent footage.
If you call yourself a student of comedy, you have a blind spot. Charley Chase is it. Do not wait for Netflix to license his work. Do not wait for a 4K Criterion release. Find the Charley Chase MegaPack . Pour a glass of sarsaparilla, silence your phone, and prepare to meet the funniest man you have never heard of.
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