Smith and Dale
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Smith and Dale were a famous American vaudeville comedy duo. They consisted of Joe Smith and Charlie Dale, who both grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the end of the 19th century. Beginnin
Charlie Dale (left) and Joe Smith in a comedy sketch, filmed for Soundies movie jukeboxes (1941)
Charley Chase
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Charles Joseph Parrott, known professionally by stage name Charley Chase, was an American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, screenwriter and film director. He worked for many pioneering comedy studios bu
Smith and Dale
…Vitaphone Diversions (1937). In 1938, Smith and Dale starred in a pair of two-reel comedies for Columbia Pictures, both produced and directed by comedian Charley Chase: A Nag in the Bag (they operate a drive-in restaurant and gamble on a horse race) and Mutiny on the Body (they visit a shady sanitarium for a rest…
Chase in 1926
Chase directing, 1916
Katherine Grant and Charley Chase in a publicity photo