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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 846

Laughing Gas

191416 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 12:50
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Charlie Chaplin · Public domain

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Synopsis

A dental assistant proves as troublesome to the waiting patients as to the dentist employing him. An anesthetic's unexpected effects send him out on an errand that produces further fights and broken teeth. Returning to the surgery does little to restore order, as medical equipment and professional authority become tools for another round of physical comedy.

Cast

Charles Chaplin

DirectorsCharles Chaplin

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Charles Chaplin — Strauss-Peyton Studio, 1921; published in Photoplay no. 3 (1922); National Portrait Gallery / Wikimedia Commons. · Public domain in the United States (PD-US-expired)

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