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Charley Chase.
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Bromo and Juliet
(1926) American
B&W : Short film
Directed by Leo McCarey
Cast: Charley Chase [the prospective son-in-law], Corliss Palmer [the girl], William Orlamond [her father], Oliver Hardy [the taxi driver], L.J. O’Connor
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Supervising director F. Richard Jones. Photographed (cinematography) by Len Powers. Titles (intertitles) by H.M. Walker. Edited by Richard Currier (Richard C. Currier). Presented by Hal Roach. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: To satisfy his fiancee, Charley agrees to play Romeo on stage. Charley must also get his drunken father to the theater, past unpaid taxi drivers and suspicious policemen.
Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.
Keywords: Transportation: Cabs, Taxis
Listing updated: 21 July 2007.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Ball-Shakespeare pp. 264, 369, 385; Magliozzi-Treasures n. 8234.
Home Video: DVD.
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