Masterpiece Selection Resonating with the Themes of The Chauffeur: Cult Guide

Dir: Charley Chase

Snub and his girl break a mirror, walk under a ladder, a black cat crosses their path, and they meet a cross eyed man. Some amusing misadventures follow.

Dir: Charley Chase

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Call a Taxi perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Two men on their way home from the club, fall asleep on the curb, considerably the worse for liquor. They dream that they have gone to a land where there are no wives and finally they meet with a bunch of Indians, who lead them a merry chase, from which they awaken to the realities of life when a policeman shakes them.

Dir: Charley Chase

An entire newspaper staff makes great efforts to get the news about a wealthy damsel who has been abducted. After much of the riotous, hero Snub effects the rescue.

Dir: Charley Chase

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Find the Girl perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A burlesque on the life of a sailor at sea.

Dir: Charley Chase

Snub invades a harem in Turkey, where they teach the harem ladies how to dance the shimmy, with sad results.

Dir: Charley Chase

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of April Fool perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Misadventures of a traveling company of actors performing for one night in a small town. When the troupe's leading lady deserts the show for a better paying job as a waitress, a young woman from the town gets the role for one night.

Dir: Charley Chase

The Brewsters are at their wits' end to solve the problems of the high cost of living. In an endeavor to reduce their household expenses, they have discharged their cook, but somehow it costs them just as much to live. With eggs at a dollar and ten cents a dozen, butter at ninety cents a pound and milk at twenty cents a quart, the Brewsters find themselves slowly but surely being driven into bankruptcy. Brewster reasons it all out to his own satisfaction. He is paying three prices for his food- to the producer, the wholesaler and to the retail dealer. The obvious way to cut down expenses, according to the Brewster idea, is the farm. Why not be a farmer and live for nothing? It's a great idea, and Brewster proceeds to carry it out in a practical way. He trades his city home for a farm with a cow and chickens on it and begins operations immediately. What Brewster doesn't know about milking cows, raising chickens and doing farm chores, would fill a big volume. Mrs. Brewster's knowledge of farming is on a par with her husband's, so their attempt to make a self-supporting institution out of their farm ends in a fiasco, but a comical one nevertheless.

Dir: Charley Chase

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Trotting Through Turkey perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Charley Chase

Snub, a henpecked husband, joins an equally unhappy man on the floor below. They rebel and turn the tables on their wives.

Dir: Charley Chase

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.