His Prehistoric Past

Dec 7, 1914

0h 22m

★ 5.6

Overview

Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the end, it turns out to have been a dream; Charlie was asleep in the park.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Keystone Film Company

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Cast

Weakchin

Charlie Chaplin

King Lowbrow

Mack Swain

Sum-Babee

Gene Marsh

Ku-Ku aka Cleo

Fritz Schade

Cavewoman

Cecile Arnold

Caveman

Al St. John

The Queen

May Wallace

Caveman (uncredited)

Ted Edwards

Cavewoman (uncredited)

Vivian Edwards

Caveman (uncredited)

Charles Lakin

Caveman (uncredited)

Grover Ligon

Caveman (uncredited)

Frank D. Williams

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