Laughing Gas

Jul 9, 1914

0h 13m

★ 5.5

Ha Ha Ha

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Keystone Film Company

Lone Star Corporation

Laughing Gas Trailers

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Cast

Dentist's assistant

Charlie Chaplin

Dr Pain, the dentist

Fritz Schade

Dentist's wife

Alice Howell

Short Assistant

Joseph Sutherland

Patient

Slim Summerville

Patient

Josef Swickard

Patient

Mack Swain

Pretty Patient (uncredited)

Helen Carruthers

Bearded Patient (uncredited)

Fred Hibbard

Patient (uncredited)

Gene Marsh

The scene of the drama is a block of modern flats. Many of the residents are away at a dance, and the janitor and his staff decide upon a jollification of their own. They invite their friends to a fine high tea. Everybody is having a fine time, and their spirits are running high. We are now taken to the outside of the hall door, and watch with amusement the frantic pounding and bell ringing of the residents returning from their evening engagements and seeking admission to their apartments. The gay gathering inside are too busy with their own pleasure to heed the angry crowd outdoors. A policeman is called, but all to no purpose, and the tenants are all taken to the station for quarters for the night. Returning to the janitor's quarters we see that the jollifications have been concluded and the guests are all departing. The superior officer at the station concludes to make another effort to gain admittance in the building and, with the tenants at his heels, he approaches the flats.

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