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Hungarian actor-comedian Karl "Charles Puffy" Huszar had a brief period as a silent comedy star in the USA (he is described as being in the Fatty Arbuckle vein, although his comedy is a bit different and he actually looks more like Oliver Hardy), but before that he worked in his native Europe, having a small role in one of Fritz Lang's early 20s Dr. Mabuse films, and he then in the late 20s returned to Europe after his US period, working in both Germany and Hungary, and even had a role in THE BLUE ANGEL. His make-up in this silent comedy short, set in the jungle supposedly, certainly looks European. He is quite funny and expressive, but the short as a whole is filled with unfunny supporting players sporting what looks like "war paint" as every bad jungle cliché is trotted out. For historical purposes, it's interesting to see who Charles Puffy is (I've also seen another of his comedy shorts, but the name escapes me), but this short is not very good and one hopes he appeared in comedy vehicles more worthy of his talent (and one hopes they survive!).