Laughing Gas (1914 film)
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For other short films of the same name from the same era, see Laughing Gas (film).
| Laughing Gas | |
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| Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Produced by | Mack Sennett |
| Starring | Charles Chaplin |
| Cinematography | Frank D. Williams |
| Editing by | Charles Chaplin |
| Release date(s) | 9 July 1914 |
| Running time | 16 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
Laughing Gas is a 1914 film starring Charlie Chaplin. It is also known as "Busy Little Dentist", "Down and Out", "Laffing Gas", "The Dentist", and "Tuning His Ivories".
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[edit] Plot
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club. Charlie is then sent to the drug store by the dentist, gets in a fight with a man who receives a brick in the face, thus becoming another dental patient. He also pulls the skirt off of the dentist's wife while she is outside walking. At one point Charlie pulls the wrong tooth from an unfortunate patient, using over sized pliers.
[edit] Cast
- Charles Chaplin - Dentist's Assistant
- Fritz Schade - Dr. Pain, the Dentist
- Alice Howell - Dentist's Wife
- Joseph Sutherland - Short Assistant
- Slim Summerville - Patient
- Josef Swickard - Patient
- Mack Swain - Patient
- Gene Marsh - Patient (uncredited)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Laughing Gas at the Internet Movie Database
- Laughing Gas is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
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