Charles Lakin

Charles Lakin

Movies for Charles Lakin...

Pinched
Title: Pinched
Character: Cop
Released: September 23, 1917
Type: Movie
Harold's checked cap, blown from his head by a freakish wind, gets him into trouble. First he comes into conflict with the police as a highwayman, then the cap serves to identify him as a housebreaker and lands him in jail, while the innocent cause of his trouble becomes his cellmate for another reason. Eventually a distracted wife rescues both her husband and Harold from the clutches of the law, the cap this time aiding him to regain his freedom.
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A Submarine Pirate
Title: A Submarine Pirate
Character: Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1915
Type: Movie
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
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A Lover's Lost Control
Title: A Lover's Lost Control
Character: Dishware Clerk
Released: August 2, 1915
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.
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Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Title: Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Character: Cop
Released: July 26, 1915
Type: Movie
Hubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch courage, and he storms out, declaring he won't be a domestic slave anymore. He heads for a park bench where a photographer mistakes him for a seated woman's sweetheart. The tintype of the two of them falls into the hands of the woman's husband, whose jealous rage frightens our hero. He abruptly leaves town, telling wifey he'll be away on business. Wifey doesn't need her house while he's away, so, unknown to hubby, she moves in with mom and rents the house to the couple from the park. When our hero returns home sooner than expected, the renter has another attack of jealousy.
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Do-Re-Mi-Boom!
Title: Do-Re-Mi-Boom!
Character: Park Boyfriend
Released: April 7, 1915
Type: Movie
A man falls in love with a piano player and tries to woo her. A passerby hears a maid's music, fancies he's found his true love, and chats her up. Her boyfriend arrives for his music lesson and jealously dismisses the interloper, who swipes a grinder's organ (and monkey) to help him serenade the maid. Later he follows the boyfriend to a residence hotel and plants a bomb in the man's piano. The organ-grinder is gunning for the thief, and soon the piano, bomb, monkey, thief, and pistol-packing grinder are rolling down the road to the delight of maid and lover. It's ka-boom for some and a kiss for others.
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Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Title: Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Character: Coat Check Attendant
Released: March 19, 1915
Type: Movie
Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires.
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That Little Band Of Gold
Title: That Little Band Of Gold
Character: Page Boy (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1915
Type: Movie
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his friends, leaving his wife at home with her mother. Then, when the three of them go to the opera together, the husband spots one of his friends in another box. Soon the domestic difficulties reach their peak.
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From Patches to Plenty
Title: From Patches to Plenty
Character: Waiter
Released: March 6, 1915
Type: Movie
A poor man finds a bag with a lot of money resulting in a change of lifestyle. But not without complications...
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Willful Ambrose
Title: Willful Ambrose
Character: The Bartender
Released: March 1, 1915
Type: Movie
Marksman Ambrose accidentally shoots a beer stein his wife has bought for him as a gift, so he tries to replace it.
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Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Title: Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Character: Fatty's Business Associate (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1915
Type: Movie
When a woman's husband leaves town, she begins to see odd things happening in her house. Afraid that gangsters are after her, she becomes increasingly anxious.
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Fatty's New Role
Title: Fatty's New Role
Character: Stubbled Saloon Customer in Derby (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1915
Type: Movie
Fatty gets kicked out of a bar, and then the place gets a bomb threat.
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His Prehistoric Past
Title: His Prehistoric Past
Character: Caveman (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1914
Type: Movie
Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the end, it turns out to have been a dream; Charlie was asleep in the park.
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Leading Lizzie Astray
Title: Leading Lizzie Astray
Character: Singer (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1914
Type: Movie
A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.
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The Property Man
Title: The Property Man
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie is in charge of stage props and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star's dressing room. Once all that is resolved the next issue is getting everyone on stage with the correct backdrop.
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The Knockout
Title: The Knockout
Character: One of St. John's Gang (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1914
Type: Movie
To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
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Mabel at the Wheel
Title: Mabel at the Wheel
Character: Cheering Spectator (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1914
Type: Movie
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.