Charley Chase -- still working under his birth name of "Parrott' at this time; he wouldn't become 'Chase' for another nine years -- was not just a minor Keystone supporting comic at this point. He was a minor Keystone director, given the job of wielding the whip on Ford Sterling, one of Keystone's top three or four comics at this point, a man whose comic personna including a beard like a billy goat and a disposition as attractive.
So Chase, who in his time, would get fine performances out of Lloyd Hamilton, Billy West and eventually the Three Stooges, couldn't do much in this one-reeler about a cad who tries to drown Ford and steal his widow for the insurance money. But he gives it a decent effort and there's some good comedy construction about a trundle bed that turns out okay.
So Chase, who in his time, would get fine performances out of Lloyd Hamilton, Billy West and eventually the Three Stooges, couldn't do much in this one-reeler about a cad who tries to drown Ford and steal his widow for the insurance money. But he gives it a decent effort and there's some good comedy construction about a trundle bed that turns out okay.