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Laughing Gas

1914·US
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Comedy

Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.

Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.

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Laughing Gas (9 July 1914) — Chaplin: Film by Film

Comprehensive analysis of Chaplin's dentist's assistant comedy featuring anesthesia-gone-wrong humor and violence.

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Dentist's assistant

Fritz Schade

Fritz Schade

Dr Pain, the dentist

Alice Howell

Alice Howell

Dentist's wife

J

Joseph Sutherland

Short Assistant

Slim Summerville

Slim Summerville

Patient

Josef Swickard

Josef Swickard

Patient

Mack Swain

Mack Swain

Patient

Helen Carruthers

Helen Carruthers

Pretty Patient (uncredited)

F

Fred Hibbard

Bearded Patient (uncredited)

G

Gene Marsh

Patient (uncredited)

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