Brothers Under the Chin
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Brothers Under the Chin is a 1924
silent
comedy film
featuring Stan Laurel
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1924 in film
-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
featuring Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...
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Cast
- Stan LaurelStan LaurelArthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...
- Ena GregoryEna GregoryEna Gregory was an Australian motion picture actress from Sydney, Australia.-Movie actress:In Australia Gregory was known as the child wonder of the vaudevillestage...
- James FinlaysonJimmy FinlaysonJames Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression...
- Noah YoungNoah YoungNoah Young Jr. was a former champion weightlifter who joined the Hal Roach studios as an actor, mainly playing comic villains. He appeared in several Laurel and Hardy comedies but was more notable as a foil for Harold Lloyd, whom he supported in over 50 films...
- William Gillespie
- Sammy BrooksSammy BrooksSammy Brooks was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Berth Marks * Bromo and Juliet...
- Jack Ackroyd
- Eddie BakerEddie Baker (actor)Eddie Baker was an American film actor. He appeared in 177 films between 1917 and 1965. He was born in Davis, West Virginia and died in Hollywood, California from emphysema.-Selected filmography:...
- Fred Karno Jr.
- John B. O'BrienJohn B. O'BrienJohn B. O'Brien was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 88 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926....
- Al Ochs
- George Rowe
- 'Tonnage' Martin Wolfkeil