Charley - Chase Megapack

If you download the Charley Chase MegaPack tonight, do not try to watch it chronologically. It’s too much. Start with these five masterclasses in silent comedy:

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    • While Chaplin was the Tramp and Keaton the Great Stone Face, Charley Chase was the pleasant, well-meaning young man who just wanted things to go right. His screen persona was that of a polite, slightly put-upon everyman. He didn't seek chaos; chaos found him, usually through the simplest of misunderstandings.

    A MegaPack collection highlights this structural brilliance. In films like Mighty Like a Moose (1926), Chase constructs a comedy of errors based on a simple premise: a husband and wife, both hiding plastic surgery from one another, fail to recognize each other when they meet in public. It is a plot of surgical precision, executed with a lightness of touch that makes the absurdity feel inevitable. Watching these films in bulk allows you to see Chase not just as a gag-man, but as a master narrative architect. Charley Chase MegaPack