Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
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Jimmie Adams
- Musician - The Ranch Boys
- (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
- Recruiting Officer
- (uncredited)
Baldwin Cooke
- French Waiter
- (uncredited)
Frances Dade
- Harem Girl
- (uncredited)
Frank Gage
- Musician - The Ranch Boys
- (uncredited)
Marvin Hatley
- Musician - The Ranch Boys
- (uncredited)
Russ Powell
- Abdullah, Keeper of the Harem
- (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
- French Waiter
- (uncredited)
Philip Sleeman
- The Sheik
- (uncredited)
Leo White
- Crowd extra at Cafe
- (uncredited)
Harry Wilde
- Recruit
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Charley Chase(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen this short was released, Prohibition hadn't yet been repealed; thus, the guys' excitement about sneaking off to a cafe to get a drink.
- SoundtracksColumbia, the Gem of the Ocean
(uncredited)
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Featured review
Charley and the Desert Song
Another delightful Charley Chase short that starts out with Charley in Paris, 20 years after the Great War, singing 'Madamoiselle from Armentieres'. continues with him joining the Foreign Legion to avoid paying a bar bill and winds up with him caught in an Arabian harem. Although it's not a tightly constructed work, like THE NICKEL NURSER, the jokes come through at a good clip, and it's always fun to hear Mr. Chase sing.
The Legion section is very funny as Charley cluelessly mugs his way through the dessert.
Charley Chase, despite the fact he always turned out a good short subject, has largely disappeared from the public consciousness. He was never as big as Roach's superstars, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy; he never broke out of short subjects; and he died in 1940. Still, his work is starting to turn up regularly in places where people look for stuff like this, at comedy festivals and on TCM and perhaps he is in for a major revival. You could do a lot worse.
The Legion section is very funny as Charley cluelessly mugs his way through the dessert.
Charley Chase, despite the fact he always turned out a good short subject, has largely disappeared from the public consciousness. He was never as big as Roach's superstars, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy; he never broke out of short subjects; and he died in 1940. Still, his work is starting to turn up regularly in places where people look for stuff like this, at comedy festivals and on TCM and perhaps he is in for a major revival. You could do a lot worse.
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- boblipton
- Oct 9, 2006
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Tontos Árabes
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- Runtime20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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