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The Perfect Clown
Also known as Perds pas tes Dollars! in France; El perfecto payaso in Spain
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Fred Newmeyer (Fred C. Newmeyer)
Cast: Larry Semon [Bert Larry], Oliver Hardy [Babe Mulligan], Dorothy Dwan [the girl], G. Howe Black (Spencer Bell) [?] [‘Snowflake’ or ‘Snowball’ Jackson]?, Lucille Carlisle, Fatty Alexander (Frank Alexander) [Tiny Tott], Kate Price [Mrs. Sally Mulligan, the landlady], Otis Harlan [the boss], Tiny Sanford (Stanley Sanford) [the policeman], Joan Meredith [the girl’s friend], Paul Fix [the bellhop], Sam Allen, Alice Fletcher, Stuart Holmes
Chadwick Pictures Corporation production; distributed [?] on State Rights basis? by Chadwick Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Thomas J. Crizer, from a screen story by Thomas J. Crizer. Technical direction by Earl Sibley. Cinematography by George Baker and Nicholas T. Barrows. Intertitles written by Thomas J. Crizer and Charlie Saxton. / Released [?] 16 November or 15 December? 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot July-August 1925. [?] ClasIm-301 p. 11 and Website-IMDb list the release date as 15 December 1925.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Banks - Cemetaries - Chases - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen
Listing updated: 2 December 2010.
References: Kerr-Silent p. 152; Limbacher-Feature p. 187; Weaver-Twenty p. 319 : ClasIm-301 pp. 11-12, 13 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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