The Perfect Clown
About The Perfect Clown
Bert Larry, a clerk, is handed $10,000 to deposit. The bank has already closed for the night, so he sets out for the bank president's house with the cash still on him.
Cast & crew
More about The Perfect Clown
Fred C. Newmeyer directed the silent slapstick feature. Thomas J. Crizer wrote the screenplay and, with Charlie Saxton, the subtitles. George Baker and Nicholas T. Barrows photographed it. Chadwick Pictures released it on December 15, 1925.
Themes
Making
Semon was starring in his own feature-length slapstick by the mid-1920s, with Hardy still taking supporting parts before the Laurel team.
Look
George Baker and Nicholas T. Barrows photographed the chases that follow the closed bank.
Preservation
Prints are held by the Cineteca Italiana in Milan, the Museum of Modern Art, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the Academy Film Archive.
Notes
- Larry Semon plays Bert Larry, Kate Price plays Mrs. Sally Mulligan, and Dorothy Dwan plays Rosie.
- Oliver Hardy, in an early role, plays Babe Mulligan.
- Paul Fix is an uncredited bellhop, and Tiny Sandford an uncredited cop.
- Curtis McHenry, as Snowball, is credited under the name G. Howe Black.
- Otis Harlan plays the boss who hands over the $10,000.
Scenes
- The boss gives Bert the $10,000 after the bank has shut.
- Bert starts for the president's house with the money still in hand.
Also available
- Museum of Modern Art
- UCLA Film and Television Archive
- Academy Film Archive
- Cineteca Italiana, Milan
