''Chimmie Fadden'' is a 1915 American silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed, written and edited

Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cine ...

. The film starred

Victor Moore Victor Fred Moore (February 24, 1876 – July 23, 1962) was an American actor of stage and screen, a major Broadway star from the late 1920s through the 1930s. He was also a writer and director, but is best remembered today as a comedian, play ...

in the title role and is based on the play and short story of the same name by Edward W. Townsend. It was followed by a sequel ''

Chimmie Fadden Out West ''Chimmie Fadden Out West'' is a 1915 American silent Western comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was made as a sequel to '' Chimmie Fadden''. Once lost, a print is now held in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. Plot ...

''. It is a surviving film formerly thought

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for decades. A print is kept at Cinemateket-Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..Chimmie Fadden''
Retrieved November 9, 2016

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as Chimmie Fadden *

Raymond Hatton Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures. Biography Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howev ...

as Larry, His Brother * Mrs. Lewis McCord as Mrs. Fadden, Their Mother *

Ernest Joy Ernest C. Joy (January 20, 1878 – February 12, 1924) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1911 and 1920. Selected filmography * '' Article 47, L (1913) * '' Salomy Jane'' (1914) * '' ...

as Van Cartlandt, A Millionaire * Anita King as Fanny, His Daughter * Camille Astor as Hortense, French Maid * Tom Forman as Antoine, Butler-Thief

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* * 1915 films 1915 comedy films 1910s rediscovered films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films American films based on plays Films based on short fiction Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille Paramount Pictures films Rediscovered American films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub

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