Charley Chase Megapack Info

Introductions and essays detailing his career at Hal Roach Studios and his transition from silent film to "talkies."

In the pantheon of silent and early sound comedy, the shadows are long. Charlie Chaplin cast a silhouette that defined the era; Buster Keaton offered a stone-faced counterpoint to the chaos; and Harold Lloyd scaled the sides of buildings. But lurking just behind this triumvirate was a performer whose ingenuity often rivaled them all, yet whose name rarely receives the same marquee lighting: Charley Chase. Charley Chase MegaPack

(born Charles Joseph Parrott), a pioneering comedian, director, and screenwriter from the silent and early sound eras. Known as the "master of the comedy of embarrassment," Chase is celebrated for his sophisticated situational farces rather than pure slapstick. Typical Collection Highlights Introductions and essays detailing his career at Hal

A classic example of his "blind date" situational humor. (born Charles Joseph Parrott)