Charles R. Bowers Trailers
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Charles R. Bowers was a cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Silent Era, although his work was enthusiastically reviewed by André Breton and a number of his contemporaries. As his surviving films were rediscovery he has been one of the greats of the silent film era; along with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd
Most Popular Charles R. Bowers Trailers
Total trailers found: 45
15 May 1939
Pete Roleum, an oil droplet, narrates a presentation about the history and uses of oil: He starts by introducing some of his relations, with illustrations of the things that they have done throughout history.
08 November 1937
An Oswald Rabbit cartoon.
18 October 1937
The title character, Oswald the Rabbit, pulls a foolish prank on the lions in the zoo, causing them to break out of their cage and run rampant.
01 January 1928
When a mysterious figure appears to cause a series of disruptions at the Frisbie Home in New York, word goes out to Scotland Yard that the Fuzz-Faced Phantom is at work.
14 January 1981
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.
01 November 1927
Charles Bowers is once again an eccentric inventor. This time, he has only a matter of hours to debut his extraordinary new invention in order to collect a huge bequest from his deceased father.
18 February 1928
Charley has to find an ostrich egg in a hurry for a disgruntled visitor, but he doesn't count on the introduction of some surreal plot twists and turns that foil his every attempt.
14 August 1926
Director Charley Bowers has the unlikely pair of Mutt and Jeff go mountain climbing, dealing with the cartoon laws of physics and various wild animals, including a mountain goat with more personality than their exhibit in their movies.
04 October 1926
When Charley asks a young woman whom he is in love with to marry him, she tells him that he needs to get her father's consent.
06 March 1926
This Mutt and Jeff cartoon was directed by Charley Bowers. It shows his typical care, both in the drawings of the characters and a surprisingly elaborate back ground.
05 January 1941
A family of mice lives inside a hole in the wall, just outside of the kitchen. One of the mice is ready to go out and get some food, but first he has to contend with the dog and the cat.
01 August 1926
Cowboys Mutt and Jeff tangle with a bull on the ranch where they work.
29 November 1926
Charley is obsessed with learning the Charleston, so he can enter and win a local contest, which promises a large prize and the hand in marriage of a beautiful woman.
16 January 1920
On Strike is one of more than 300 animated ‘half-reelers’ produced between 1913 and 1926 starring the popular American comic-strip characters Mutt and Jeff—and is unusual in featuring live-action shots of its creator, Bud Fisher.
01 July 1928
Only a few minutes remain of this partially lost film. A scientist discovers a potion that restores things to their original form: pets, jewelry--endless possibilities.
02 January 1928
Whoozit, produced in 1928 by Bowers Comedy Corp, was considered totally missing. This unique 16 mm print was discovered in 2008 in the collections of the Eye Film Institute.
17 September 1925
Mutt (the tall one) takes out a policy on Jeff hoping to cash in big. But, unfortunately for his big money plans, ACCIDENTS WON'T HAPPEN.
12 November 1925
A Mutt and Jeff cartoon.
12 December 1925
A Mutt and Jeff short.
11 July 1927
Charley asks for his girlfriend's hand in marriage, but her father, the police chief, angrily refuses to allow her to marry anyone who is not himself a policeman.
01 January 1925
1925 Mutt and Jeff cartoon
01 December 1927
Our heroes Mutt 'n Jeff go on a round-the-world trek.
14 October 1926
A Mutt and Jeff cartoon.
01 January 1925
Mutt’s attempts to help Jeff get out of the pot attached to his head soon leads to dizzy escapades on a half-built skyscraper.
20 December 1937
An Oswald Rabbit cartoon.
06 September 1926
Charley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for transport.
17 September 1925
In this silent Mutt and Jeff cartoon, Jeff puts some pep liquid instead of the usual syrup in the sodas that Mutt serves to the customers in the malt shop.
07 March 1918
A soldier impatient for his discharge from the army after the armistice ending World War I goes absent without leave and is faced with the consequences of his actions.
01 August 1926
Private eyes Mutt and Jeff are on the trail of the ghostly shape-shifting criminal, the Phantom.
23 September 1969
An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
01 September 1926
Mutt needs help putting out a fire, or does he?
31 December 1930
Charlie, working on a junkjard, always trying to help people in the most impossible ways with junk from his work place, hears from a German professor, that there is a bird, a Belgish Kongo, that eats metal.
01 January 1940
A family of mice who live inside of a wall are trying to sleep, but Mom mouse is being kept awake by a dog snoring in the room outside of their hole.
17 November 1925
A Mutt and Jeff cartoon.
15 January 1926
Mutt and Jeff's hilarious hijinks.
27 December 1926
The Liars Club is holding their contest to see who can tell the most unbelievable story, with a gold medallion waiting to be awarded to the winner.
14 September 1926
Mutt has been appointed the judge at a dog show. He persuades Jeff to dress in a dog costume and they will split the prize money.
09 April 1935
A parody of the Ripley's "Believe It or Not" shorts series, Believe It or Don't has three narrated segments: a circus act entirely performed by peanuts with stick hands and legs, a hen that lays eggs from which toy autos come out of, and a humanized lobster who looks like a saloon singer walking the streets but actually becomes cheery when he plays the xylophone!
01 October 1926
A Mutt and Jeff short.
24 January 1927
Charley attempts to invent a non-slippery banana peel.
14 July 1918
A customer arrives at a restaurant in which Mutt is the waiter, and Jeff is the cook. The customer orders oxtail soup, and then argues with Mutt when it turns out to contain no actual tail.
01 January 1920
In this fragmentary episode, Mutt, as a cinema proprietor, has problems with his 5-man orchestra and his projectionist Jeff.
01 January 1926
Mutt and Jeff get involves in Russian affairs.
01 February 1926
Mutt and Jeff fight with Indians.
