Charley's Aunt (1925)
1h 20m
Running Time
February 7, 1925Release Date
Plot.
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
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Cast & Crew.
Syd Chaplin
Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
Ethel Shannon
Ela Delahay
Lucien Littlefield
Brasset - The Scout
Alec B. Francis
Mr. Delahay
Phillips Smalley
Sir Francis Chesney
Eulalie Jensen
Charley's Aunt
James E. Page
Spettigue
David James
Jack Chesney
James Harrison
Charley Wykeham
James Harrison
Charley Wykeham
Mary Akin
Amy Spettigue
Priscilla Bonner
Kitty Verdun
George B. French
Spettigue's Business Associate
Blanche Payson
Lady in Flowered Hat
Leo White
Bogus Lottery Award Presenter
Scott Sidney
Director
Al Christie
Producer
Paul Garnett
Cinematography
F. McGrew Willis
Adaptation
Brandon Thomas
Screenplay
Joseph Farnham
Title Illustration
Gus Peterson
Cinematography
Charles Christie
Presenter
Yola d'Avril
Jean O'Rourke
Doris Wynn
Details.
This Movie Is About.
cross dressing
Wiki.
Charley's Aunt is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Syd Chaplin, Ethel Shannon, and Lucien Littlefield. It was one of a handful of leading roles for Syd Chaplin, older brother of the more famous Charlie.
It is an adaptation of Brandon Thomas' 1892 farce of the same name about an Oxford University student who cross-dressing as a woman to fool a visitor. One of several film versions of the play, it was adapted again by Columbia Pictures as a sound film in 1930. The film was a commercial success, grossing over half a million dollars. It was popular in Germany, where it released by the leading film company UFA.