Not Wanted (1924)
After five years as the best of the Chaplin imitators, Billy West struck out with his own comedy character, a middle-class man in a nice suit and a fedora -- but with the mustache. These movies involved him in cartoonish situations in which he executed some extended gags very nicely -- in this one he does the one in which the water pump only works when he's not ready for it and another in which he can't catch a fish with some expensive gear, while the boy next to him catches whoppers with a stick and a bent pin -- and gradually moved behind the camera.
Directors: Billy West, Robert P. Kerr.
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Billy West as |
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Bess True as |
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Tiny Sandford as |
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Bobby Mason as |
| Directing | Billy West | Director |
| Directing | Robert P. Kerr | Director |