Charles R. Bowers
Charles R. Bowers was a cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Silent Era, although his work was enthusiastically reviewed by André Breton and a number of his contemporaries. As his surviving films were rediscovery he has been one of the greats of the silent film era; along with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd
Fatal Footsteps
as Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)Charley is obsessed with learning the Charleston, so he can enter and win a local contest, which...
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Egged On
as uncreditedCharley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for...
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A Wild Roomer
as uncreditedCharles Bowers is once again an eccentric inventor. This time, he has only a matter of hours to...
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Now You Tell One
as Mr. BowersThe Liars Club is holding their contest to see who can tell the most unbelievable story, with a...
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He Done His Best
as uncreditedWhen Charley asks a young woman whom he is in love with to marry him, she tells him that he...
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Hop Off
as uncreditedOnly a few minutes remain of this partially lost film. A scientist discovers a potion that...
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There It Is
as Charley MacNeeshaWhen a mysterious figure appears to cause a series of disruptions at the Frisbie Home in New...
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Many a Slip
as Charley (as Charley Bowers)Charley attempts to invent a non-slippery banana peel.
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Nothing Doing
as (as Charley Bowers)Charley asks for his girlfriend's hand in marriage, but her father, the police chief, angrily...
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Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
as Narrator (voice)Pete Roleum, an oil droplet, narrates a presentation about the history and uses of oil: He...
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It's a Bird
as Charley ChuckleheadCharlie, working on a junkjard, always trying to help people in the most impossible ways with...
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Whoozit
as uncreditedWhoozit, produced in 1928 by Bowers Comedy Corp, was considered totally missing. This unique 16...
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Say Ah-h!
as The Ostrich Farm Handy ManCharley has to find an ostrich egg in a hurry for a disgruntled visitor, but he doesn't count on...
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