Like his younger half-brother Charlie, Syd Chaplin was also a successful silent-film comedian and enjoyed a certain notoriety somewhat oversahdowed by his iconic sibling. Here he plays Old Bill, a World War I army private with the British Expeditionary Forces. The film derives its title from a beloved British cartoon strip, hopping from the comics to celluloid in a funny scene where a soldier stuck in a muddy foxhole complains and Old Bill replies in Cockney, "If you knows a better 'ole, go for it!" The plot involves unmasking a traitor in the ranks who, allied with the owner of a local inn, is responsible for the town falling under German control. The most classic scene finds Bill and his buddy sneaking through enemy lines disguised as a horse. Superb slapstick silliness doesn't come any better.
DVD Details
>Rated: NR
>Runtime: 1 hours, 37 minutes
>Video: Black & White
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 1926
>Label: Warner
Starring: Syd Chaplin;Harold Goodwin;Jack Ackroyd;Ed. Kennedy
DVD Details
>Rated: NR
>Runtime: 1 hours, 37 minutes
>Video: Black & White
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 1926
>Label: Warner
Starring: Syd Chaplin;Harold Goodwin;Jack Ackroyd;Ed. Kennedy
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