Billy is mistaken for a dangerous Bolshevik, and thrown into jail.Billy is mistaken for a dangerous Bolshevik, and thrown into jail.Billy is mistaken for a dangerous Bolshevik, and thrown into jail.
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- TriviaThis long-forgotten short comedy is included on Disc 4 of the 2009 DVD box set "Becoming Charley Chase." Chase both directed the film and appears in a brief cameo role, heavily disguised as a bearded anarchist.
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Not especially good but not terrible.
Billy West was a famous rip-off artist--literally. When Charlie Chaplin was world-famous and the public couldn't get enough of his shorts, several comics impersonated him--in an effort to fool the public into thinking these were Chaplin films or simply in an effort to capitalize on Chaplin's fame. The most famous of these was West--mostly because he did the best job in looking and acting like Chaplin.
"Rolling Stone" is included in a set of early Charley Chase films. However, unlike most of the films in the set, he only appears in the film in a VERY brief scene (this is according to IMDb and he does show up 3 minutes into the film). However, he did direct this short.
While West did not to his Chaplin knockoff in all his films, this is one of these dishonest films. And, because the character was stolen, I feel obliged to take off a point or two. This doesn't leave this film with very many points because the plot is a bit of a disappointment. It begins with Billy living in his dumpster and then getting mixed up with a bomb-throwing anarchist. Mistaken identity and the like occur but none of it's especially funny--though I did think the dog was pretty cute. But, the film did have a few mildly interesting moments--but probably not enough to recommend it.
"Rolling Stone" is included in a set of early Charley Chase films. However, unlike most of the films in the set, he only appears in the film in a VERY brief scene (this is according to IMDb and he does show up 3 minutes into the film). However, he did direct this short.
While West did not to his Chaplin knockoff in all his films, this is one of these dishonest films. And, because the character was stolen, I feel obliged to take off a point or two. This doesn't leave this film with very many points because the plot is a bit of a disappointment. It begins with Billy living in his dumpster and then getting mixed up with a bomb-throwing anarchist. Mistaken identity and the like occur but none of it's especially funny--though I did think the dog was pretty cute. But, the film did have a few mildly interesting moments--but probably not enough to recommend it.
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- planktonrules
- Oct 15, 2011
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