Crazy like a Fox (1926 film)
Crazy like a Fox is a 1926 American short film starring Charley Chase. The two-reel silent comedy stars Chase as a young man who feigns insanity in order to get out of an arranged marriage, only to find out that his sweetheart is the girl he has been arranged to marry. Chase would remake the film as The Wrong Miss Wright (1937) in the sound era during his tenure at Columbia Pictures.
| Crazy like a Fox | |
|---|---|
 Charley Chase as Wilson, the groom. | |
| Directed by | Leo McCarey |
| Written by | Charley Chase H. M. Walker |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Starring | Charley Chase |
| Cinematography | Len Powers |
| Edited by | Richard C. Currier |
Release date |
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Running time | 25 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
The film features Oliver Hardy in a small role filmed shortly before his teaming with Stan Laurel.
Crazy Like a Fox was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.[1]
Cast
- Charley Chase as Wilson, the Groom
- William V. Mong as George, the Bride's Father
- Martha Sleeper as The Bride
- Milla Davenport as Mother
- William Blaisdell as Gov. Harrison
- Max Asher as Butler
- Al Hallett as Mr. Gloom, the valet
- Tyler Brooke (uncredited)
- Helen Gilmore (uncredited)
- Oliver Hardy as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
- Jerry Mandy as Hospital orderly (uncredited)
- Lyle Tayo as Nurse (uncredited)
References
- "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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