''Laughing Gas'' is the title of several American
short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
s (1907, 1914 starring
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...
, 1915, 1920) whose plot revolves around real or would-be
dentists.
1907 Film
Plot
The plot is that of a black woman going to the dentist for a toothache and being given
laughing gas
Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula . At room temperature, it is a colourless non-flammable gas, and has ...
. On her way walking home, and in other situations, she can't stop laughing, and everyone she meets "catches" the laughter from her, including a vendor and police officers.
Cast
*Edward Boulden
*Mr. La Montte
*Bertha Regustus ... Mandy Brown
*Mr. Sullivan
1914 film
1915 film
Cast
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Jimmy Aubrey
Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in v ...
... Heinie
*Walter Kendig ... Louie
1920 film
A film directed by Tom Buckingham.
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American silent short films
1907 films
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1907 short films
1915 short films
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Films directed by Edwin S. Porter
American black-and-white films
Silent American comedy films
Films directed by Tom Buckingham
1907 comedy films
1915 comedy films
1920 comedy films
American comedy short films
1900s American films
1910s American films
1920s American films
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