Laughing Gas (1914)
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- Not Rated
- 16min
- Short, Comedy
- 09 Jul 1914 (USA)
- Short
Charlie pretends to be a dentist though he is only his assistant. When a patient can't stop laughing from the anesthesia Charlie knocks him out with a club. He is sent to the drug store, gets in a fight with a man who (after a brick in the...
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| Charles Chaplin | ... |
Dentist's Assistant
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Fritz Schade | ... |
Dr. Pain - the Dentist
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| Alice Howell | ... |
Mrs. Pain - the Dentist's Wife
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| Slim Summerville | ... |
Pedestrian / Patient
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| Josef Swickard | ... |
Patient
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| Mack Swain | ... |
Patient
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Helen Carruthers | ... |
Pretty Patient (uncredited)
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Fred Hibbard | ... |
Bearded Patient (uncredited)
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Gene Marsh | ... |
Patient (uncredited)
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Joseph Sutherland | ... |
Short Assistant (uncredited)
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| May Wallace | ... |
Patient (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Charles Chaplin | ... | (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Mack Sennett | ... | producer |
Music by
| Robert Israel | ... | (2011 new score) |
Cinematography by
| Frank D. Williams | ||
Editing by
| Charles Chaplin | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Mutual Film (1914) (United States) (theatrical)
- Western Import Company (1914) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Inter Arte Films (1974) (Spain) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Delta Music (2003) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- FilmAnnex (2006) (World-wide)
- BFI Video (2010) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2015) (Germany) (DVD) (Die Keystone Komödien 1914)
- Grapevine Video (United States) (VHS)
- ROKiT FLIX (2022) (United States)
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Charlie pretends to be a dentist though he is only his assistant. When a patient can't stop laughing from the anesthesia Charlie knocks him out with a club. He is sent to the drug store, gets in a fight with a man who (after a brick in the face) becomes another patient, and pulls the skirt off the dentist's wife (who is out walking). At one point Charlie pulls a tooth (the wrong one) using enormous pliers.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film is among the 34 short films included in the "Chaplin at Keystone" DVD collection. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Comedy Cocktail (1951). See more » |