Charley's Aunt (1925)
The Old Girl is No Ordinary Woman- "She" Wears Skirts and Trousers Both.
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
- Date of release
- 1925-02-07
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Scott Sidney
Casting
- Sydney Chaplin — Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
- Ethel Shannon — Ela Delahay
- Lucien Littlefield — Brasset - The Scout
- Alec B. Francis — Mr. Delahay
- Phillips Smalley — Sir Francis Chesney
- Eulalie Jensen — Charley's Aunt
- James E. Page — Spettigue
- David James — Jack Chesney
- James Harrison — Charley Wykeham
- Mary Akin — Amy Spettigue
- Priscilla Bonner — Kitty Verdun
- Yola d'Avril
Interesting facts
Charley's Aunt is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Syd Chaplin, Ethel Shannon, and Lucien Littlefield. It was one of a handful of leading roles for Syd Chaplin, older brother of the more famous Charlie.
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