Charles Murray
Birthday: 1872-06-22 Place of Birth: Laurel, Indiana, USA
Synopsis
Charles Murray was an American vaudevillian and screen actor, as well as the director of five silent comedy shorts.
Acting
Circus Girl
A jealous trapeze star decides he must eliminate his romantic rival.
The Gorilla
An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
The Boob
To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.
Irene
Irene, a feisty Irish girl in Philadelphia, clashes with her family and walks out, heading to New York City to seek fame and fortune. She gets a job as a dressmaker's model and becomes involved with Donald, the scion of a wealthy family. Donald's mother doesn't approve of Irene and sets out to discredit her in Donald's eyes.
Sweet Daddies
Stage comedian Patrick O'Brien is fired from his job because of his drinking celebration of his son, Jimmy, graduating from college. After the show he meets his son on a cabaret and there meets Abel Finklestein and his daughter, Miriam, and the two fathers form a business alliance, suspected of being bootlegging. They are arrested but are released after it is found they were importing molasses - but Miriam has to promise to marry Sam Berkowitz to secure the release. Jimmy and both fathers are unhappy with this turn of events.
The Wizard of Oz
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
The Masquerader
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
Mabel's Married Life
Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband goes off to a bar and gets drunk.
