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Mack Swain (left) and Charles Chaplin.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Laughing Gas
Also known as Charlot dentiste in France; Laffing Gas in the USA : [Tuning the Ivories], [The Dentist], [Down and Out], [Busy Little Dentist]
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin [Doctor Pain’s janitor], Alice Howell [?] [Mrs. Pain]?, Mack Swain [the man outside the pharmacy], Joseph Swickard (Josef Swickard) [?] [a dental patient]?, George Summerville (Slim Summerville) [the thin dental patient], Fritz Schade, Joseph Sutherland, [?] ? [maid]
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. / No copyright registration. Released 9 July 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Dentist Story. [?] Completed or shipped? on 26 June 1914. The film was rereleased in 16mm reduction prints as Laffing Gas.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist [?] [35mm positive]?; and in a private film collection [16mm reduction positive (from Don Elder collection)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Dentists - Fights - Signage - Spitoons - Street scenes
Listing updated: 25 April 2025.
References: Film viewing : Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 30, 135; Kerr-Silent p. 79; Lahue-Kops p. 147; Lahue-Mack p. 295; Sinyard-Silent p. 103; Tarbox-Lost p. 197 : with additional information provided by Michael DuPont.
Home video: DVD.
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