Charley's Aunt (1925)
- Directed by
- Scott Sidney
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A college student and his friend need a chaperone for a visit from a wealthy aunt. The student dresses up in drag to pretend he is the aunt.
comediclightheartedsillyfast-pacedmock-formalplayfulcaper-likenostalgic
What happens
Charley's Aunt is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Syd Chaplin, Ethel Shannon, and Lucien Littlefield. It was one of a handful of leading roles for Syd Chaplin, older brother of the more famous Charlie. It is an adaptation of Brandon Thomas' 1892 farce of the same name about an Oxford University student who cross-dressing as a woman to fool a visitor. One of several film versions of the play, it was adapted again by Columbia Pictures as a sound film in 1930. The film was a commercial success, grossing over half a million dollars. It was popular in Germany, where it released by the leading film company UFA. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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