The Better 'Ole

Charles Reisner, Warner Bros., 1926, from Bruce Bairnsfather's cartoon and the stage play. Syd Chaplin as Old Bill, the British infantryman who would rather stay in a hole than win a medal. Silent action with Vitaphone synchronized score and effects, no dialogue, about ninety-five minutes. Second Vitaphone feature, after Don Juan. Reisner (Chaplin's former assistant) keeping the Western Front as a trench joke that still kills people. The title is the caption under the cartoon.