Laughing Gas (film)

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Laughing Gas is the title of several movie shorts (1907, 1914 starring Charlie Chaplin, 1915, 1920) whose plot revolves around real or would-be dentists.

Contents 1 1907 Film 1.1 Plot 1.2 Cast 2 1914 Film 2.1 Plot 2.2 Cast (in credits order) 3 1915 film 3.1 Cast 4 1920 film

[edit] 1907 Film

Laughing Gas
Directed by	Edwin S. Porter
Starring	Bertha Regustus Edward Boulden
Release date(s)	1907
Running time	9 minutes
Country	US
Language	Silent film
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[edit] Plot

The basic plot is that of a woman going to the dentist for a toothache and is given laughing gas. On her way home on the subway she can't stop laughing, and all of the other passengers "catch" the laughter from her.

[edit] Cast

• Edward Boulden
• Mr. La Montte
• Bertha Regustus ... Mandy Brown
• Mr. Sullivan

[edit] 1914 Film

Laughing Gas
Directed by	Charlie Chaplin
Produced by	Mack Sennett
Starring	Charles Chaplin
Cinematography	Frank D. Williams
Editing by	Charles Chaplin
Release date(s)	9 July 1914
Running time	16 minutes
Country	US
Language	Silent film
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This 1914 film is also known as "Busy Little Dentist", "Down and Out", "Laffing Gas", "The Dentist", and "Tuning His Ivories".

[edit] Plot

Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club. Charlie is then sent to the drug store by the dentist, gets in a fight with a man who receives a brick in the face, thus becoming another dental patient. He also pulls the skirt off of the dentist's wife while she is outside walking. At one point Charlie pulls a the wrong tooth from an unfortunate patient, using over sized pliers.

[edit] Cast (in credits order)

• Charles Chaplin ... Dentist's Assistant
• Fritz Schade ... Dr. Pain, the Dentist
• Alice Howell ... Dentist's Wife
• Joseph Sutherland ... Short Assistant
• Slim Summerville ... Patient
• Josef Swickard ... Patient
• Mack Swain ... Patient
• Gene Marsh ... Patient (uncredited)

[edit] 1915 film

Laughing Gas
Starring	Jimmy Aubrey Walter Kendig
Release date(s)	12 July 1915
Country	US
Language	Silent films
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[edit] Cast

• Jimmy Aubrey ... Heinie
• Walter Kendig ... Louie

[edit] 1920 film

Laughing Gas
Directed by	Tom Buckingham
Produced by	Abe Stern Julius Stern
Written by	Tom Buckingham
Starring	Charles Dorety Bud Jamison
Release date(s)	8 December 1920
Country	US
Language	English
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