The Lighter That Failed (1927)
For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Finally, he unwisely fuels it with gasoline, which gets it lit, but soon, so is his house.
- Date of release
- 1927-10-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 20m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- James Parrott
Casting
- Charley Chase — Charley
- Edna Marion — Edna - Charley's Wife
- May Wallace — Charley's Mother-in-Law
- William Orlamond — Charley's Father-in-Law
- Eugene Pallette — Charley's Brother-in-Law
- Clara Guiol — Miss Pipps
- Kay Deslys — Mrs. Phipps
- Buddy the Dog — The Dog
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