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Cast

Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Charley

Edna Marion

Edna Marion

Edna - Charley's Wife

May Wallace

May Wallace

Charley's Mother-in-Law

William Orlamond

William Orlamond

Charley's Father-in-Law

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Charley's Brother-in-Law

Clara Guiol

Clara Guiol

Miss Pipps

Kay Deslys

Kay Deslys

Mrs. Phipps

Buddy the Dog

Buddy the Dog

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James Parrott

James Parrott

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The Lighter That Failed

19270.0 / 1020 min
Comedy

Overview

For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Finally, he unwisely fuels it with gasoline, which gets it lit, but soon, so is his house.