Director
Charles R. Bowers
June 7, 1889 · Creco, Iowa, USA
Charles R. Bowers was a cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Silent Era, although his work was enthusiastically reviewed by André Breton and a number of his contemporaries. As his surviving films were rediscovery he has been one of the greats of the silent film era; along with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd
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A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
cast
2003
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
Director and Writer
1941
A Sleepless Night
Director
1940
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
as Narrator (voice)
1939The Dumb Cluck
Writer
1937The Mechanical Handy Man
Writer
1937
The Keeper of the Lions
Writer
1937
Believe it or Don't
Director
1935
It's a Bird
as Charley Chucklehead
1930
Hop Off
cast and Director
1928
Say Ah-h!
as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man and Director and Writer
1928
Whoozit
cast and Director
1928