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Charley’s Aunt
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7243 feet
Directed by Scott Sidney
Cast: Syd Chaplin (Sydney Chaplin) [Lord Fancourt ‘Babbs’ Babberly], Ethel Shannon [Ela Delahay], Alec Francis (Alec B. Francis) [Theodore Delahay], Phillips Smalley [Sir Francis Chesney], David James [John ‘Jack’ Chesney], Jimmie Harrison (James Harrison) [Charley Wykeham], Priscilla Bonner [Kitty Verdun], Mary Akin [Amy Spettigue], Eulalie Jensen [Donna Lucia D’Alvaborez, Wykeham’s aunt], James E. Page [Stephen Spettigue, Amy’s uncle], Lucien Littlefield [Brassett], George B. French [Spettigue’s business associate], Leo White [Francois, the bogus lottery award presenter], Blanche Payson [the woman in a flowered hat], Yola d’Avril, Jean Lorraine (Jean O’Rourke), Doris Wynn
Christie Film Company, Incorporated, production [?] in conjunction with Ideal Films, Limited?; distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Al Christie. Scenario by F. McGrew Willis, from the play Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas. Photography (cinematography) by Gus Peterson and Paul Garnett. Titles (intertitles written) by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). Presented by Al Christie and Charles Christie, in conjunction with Ideal Films, Limited. / © 2 February 1925 by Christie Film Company, Incorporated [LP21264]. Released 2 February 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was subsequently filmed as Charley’s Aunt (1930).
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 May 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : FilmYearBook-1926 p. 35; Kerr-Silent pp. 292, 293; Slide-Aspects p. 9; Sweeney-Coming p. 85 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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