Charley Chase Megapack [extra Quality] -

Charley Chase MEGAPACK® is a digital anthology published by Wildside Press

| Collection | Best For | Key Films/Contents | Where to Find It | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Silent Era Classics & Oscar Candidates | Mighty Like a Moose (National Film Registry), April Fool , The Uneasy Three | Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories; available from online retailers like Amazon. | | Becoming Charley Chase | The Complete Early Career | Over 40 rare shorts from 1915-1925; includes a 45-minute documentary | Available from the VCI label. | | The Charley Chase at Hal Roach Series | The Definitive Studio Collection | Four volumes spanning silents and talkies; over 70 films in total | Sprocket Vault & Kit Parker Films; available at oldies.com, Amazon, etc. | | Charley Chase Rarities & Jimmy Jump Series | Die-Hard Collectors | Deep cuts from 1915-1926 and the early 'Jimmy Jump' character | Alpha Home Entertainment & Grapevine Video. | Charley Chase MegaPack

One of his final short films. It proves Chase could hang with the Three Stooges generation. He plays a frustrated theater manager dealing with a drunk audience member. The physical comedy is brutal. Charley Chase MEGAPACK® is a digital anthology published

: Unlike many silent stars, Chase thrived in "talkies" because of his fine singing voice and talent for "mini-musicals". Directorial Legacy | | Charley Chase Rarities & Jimmy Jump

For those interested in Chase's later sound work, this multi-volume series from The Sprocket Vault and Kit Parker Films is indispensable. These collections focus on the years 1930-1936, showcasing Chase's transition to talking pictures. For example, Volume One features 18 shorts from 1930-31, including several co-starring the wonderful Thelma Todd and a Spanish-language version of one of his films. Volume Three collects 21 shorts from his last three years at Hal Roach (1934-1936), featuring more surrealistic and gag-driven comedies like Public Ghost No. 1 and Four Parts .

One wet Tuesday in late autumn, Charley unlocked the dusty door of the Crescent Picture House and discovered a crate he did not recognize. Stenciled across the top in flaking black paint were three words: CHARLEY CHASE MEGAPACK. His name, impossibly, on a box he hadn’t shipped or received. For a startled second he felt like the character in some nitrate dream — someone who’d stepped out of a frame and into his own story.