The Lighter That Failed

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 20 min
  • Premiere: 1927. October 1.

For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Finally, he unwisely fuels it with gasoline, which gets it lit, but soon, so is his house.

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Edna Marion

Edna - Charley's Wife

May Wallace

Charley's Mother-in-Law

William Orlamond

Charley's Father-in-Law

Eugene Pallette

Charley's Brother-in-Law

Clara Guiol

Miss Pipps

Kay Deslys

Mrs. Phipps

Directing

James Parrott

Director

Directing

James Parrott

Director