Crazy like a Fox (1926 film)
Crazy like a Fox is a 1926 American short film starring Charley Chase. The two-reel silent comedy stars Chase as a young man who feigns insanity in order to get out of an arranged marriage, only to find out that his sweetheart is the girl he has been arranged to marry. Chase would remake the film as The Wrong Miss Wright (1937) in the sound era during his tenure at Columbia Pictures.
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Directed by | Leo McCarey |
Produced by | Hal Roach |
Written by | Charley Chase H. M. Walker |
Starring | Charley Chase |
Cinematography | Len Powers |
Edited by | Richard C. Currier |
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Running time | 25 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
The film features Oliver Hardy in a small role filmed shortly before his teaming with Stan Laurel.
Crazy Like a Fox was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.[1]
Cast
- Charley Chase - Wilson, the Groom
- William V. Mong - George, the Bride's Father
- Martha Sleeper - The Bride
- Milla Davenport - Mother
- William Blaisdell - Gov. Harrison
- Max Asher - Butler
- Al Hallett - Mr. Gloom, the valet
- Tyler Brooke - (uncredited)
- Helen Gilmore - (uncredited)
- Oliver Hardy - Charley's Victim (uncredited)
- Jerry Mandy - Hospital orderly (uncredited)
- Lyle Tayo - Nurse (uncredited)
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See also
References
- "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
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