Laughing Gas (1914 film)

Infobox Film
name = Laughing Gas


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director = Charlie Chaplin
producer = Mack Sennett
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starring = Charles Chaplin
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cinematography = Frank D. Williams
editing = Charles Chaplin
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released = 9 July 1914
runtime = 16 minutes
country = USA
language = Silent film
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imdb_id = 0004210

"Laughing Gas" is a 1914 film staring Charlie Chaplin. It is also known as "Busy Little Dentist", "Down and Out", "Laffing Gas", "The Dentist", and "Tuning His Ivories".

Plot

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. Charlie is then sent to the drug store by the dentist, gets in a fight with a man who receives a brick in the face, thus becoming another dental patient. He also pulls the skirt off of the dentist's wife while she is outside walking. At one point Charlie pulls a the wrong tooth from an unfortunate patient, using over sized pliers.

Cast

*Charles Chaplin - Dentist's Assistant
*Fritz Schade - Dr. Pain, the Dentist
*Alice Howell - Dentist's Wife
*Joseph Sutherland - Short Assistant
*Slim Summerville - Patient
*Josef Swickard - Patient
*Mack Swain - Patient
*Gene Marsh - Patient (uncredited)

External links

*imdb title|id=0004210|title=Laughing Gas
*archive.org|url=http://www.archive.org/details/CC_1914_07_09_LaffingGas|title=Laughing Gas