Chase plays a traveling lightening rod salesman who gets caught up in a real estate transaction gone wrong..
body { background-color: #000; color: #fff; }Charley Chase, a stalwart of silent cinema, brings to life a traveling lightning rod salesman in Powder and Smoke, a film that deftly weaves a complex narrative of real estate transactions gone awry. The movie, though bereft of a credited writer, showcases a keen understandi...
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"body { background-color: #000; color: #fff; }Charley Chase, a stalwart of silent cinema, brings to life a traveling lightning rod salesman in Powder and Smoke, a film that deftly weaves a complex narrative of real estate transactions gone awry. The movie, though bereft of a credited writer, showcases a keen understanding of comedic timing and situational humor, reminiscent of the works of silent era luminaries.Chase's character, beset on all sides by the vicissitudes of the property market, care..."
Sam Lufkin
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