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Watching NH on TCM this afternoon, it's pretty clear that the short is simply the first two reels of the feature, crudely terminated at the twenty minute point when Charley's boss wins the jackpot. And the punchline is...there is none. It is hard to believe that the fun had at the expense of the Ban...

Camera Comedy Clippings for the issue of Jan. 20 1923 have been archived on the Mugshots webpage. Thanks Joe! http://www.slapsticon.org/mugshots/Camera1921.htm

Nah Tommie, you're the SCM phat boy.

Ok Steve, who is she and what are her other credits?

Looks like they took the 1939 theatrical reissue and simply put a new track on it to avoid copyright problems. The actors' introduction at the beginning is exactly the same.

This is great Brent. It's a bargain at twice the price. Less than the cost of a Blackhawk two-reeler.

CAMERA’S WEEKLY WAKE-EM-UP MAX LINDER FALLS 100 FEET IN ALPS CREVASSE AND HOVERS NEAR DEATH While on a farewell pleasure trip in the Swiss Alps prior to departing from Europe for Hollywood, where he has arranged to resume his picture-making activities. Max Linder, France’s premier cinema star and o...

Camera Comedy Clippings for January 13, 1923 have been added to the Camera Comedy Clippings archive.

Great filmography Brian. This German site lists Max's surviving films by archive. Both his European features exist in several archives, but I've never seen them released in any format. A sense of what Le Petit Cafe must have been like can be seen in Maurice Chevalier's Playboy of Paris (tho without ...

There are also brief interview clips of Harold Lloyd and Mae West and a hilarious news report about Chaplin having his visa revoked. Hilarious because the story just drips with venom and is delivered in the snarkiest tone possible. And as soon as it is over, the news reader says, "stay tuned fo...