The Perfect Clown is a 1925 silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 slapstick

Slapstick

Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense.- Origins :The phrase comes from the batacchio or bataccio — called the 'slap stick' in English — a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in Commedia dell'arte...

 comedy

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 motion picture

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 starring Larry Semon

Larry Semon

Lawrence "Larry" Semon was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian, but he is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together.He is also...

 and Kate Price

Kate Price (actress)

Kate Price was an Irish-born American actress. She is perhaps best-remembered for playing the role of Mrs. Kelly in the comedy series, The Cohens and Kellys, made by Universal Pictures between 1926 and 1932. Price appeared in 296 motion pictures between 1910 and 1937.-Career:She was born Katherine...

. It features an early screen appearance by Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...

. Directed

Film director

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 by Fred C. Newmeyer

Fred C. Newmeyer

Fred C. Newmeyer was an American actor and film director. A native of Central City, Colorado, he is best known for directing a handful of films in the Our Gang series and for directing Harold Lloyd movies The Freshman and Girl Shy. Newmeyer also had an extensive directing and acting resume in...

, the screenplay

Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...

 was written by Thomas J. Crizer, who also wrote the subtitles along with Charlie Saxton

Charlie Saxton

Charlie Saxton is an American film, television and video game actor.He had a supporting role as Bug, one of the band members, in Bandslam. He currently is featured in Hung, an HBO comedy-drama series, playing the son of Thomas Jane's main character...

.

Plot

The story is about a clerk who is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.

Cast

• Larry Semon
  Larry Semon
  Lawrence "Larry" Semon was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian, but he is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together.He is also...
  
   - Bert Larry
• Kate Price - Mrs. Sally Mulligan
• Dorothy Dwan
  Dorothy Dwan
  Dorothy Dwan was an American film actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1922 and 1930.Born Dorothy Ilgenfritz in Sedalia, Missouri, she married three times...
  
   - The Girl
• Joan Meredith
  Joan Meredith
  Joan Meredith was an American silent film actress during Hollywoods early years.Meredith was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and moved to Hollywood in the mid-1920s after winning a beauty contest that brought her to the attention of talent scouts. She was pretty, with a petite build and was 5 feet...
  
   - Her Chum
• Otis Harlan
  Otis Harlan
  -Biography:Harlan was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1865. He married Nellie Harvey and had a daughter named Marion. Harlan was the uncle of silent actor Kenneth Harlan.-Career:...
  
   - The Boss
• Spencer Bell
  Spencer Bell (actor)
  Spencer Bell was an was an American actor, best known for playing opposite Larry Semon in several of his comedies.-Career:...
  
   - Snowflake (as G. Howe Black)
• Oliver Hardy
  Oliver Hardy
  Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
  
   - Babe Mulligan
• Frank Alexander
  Frank Alexander
  Frank Alexander was an American silent film comedian and actor. Alexander, who was morbidly obese , was best known for playing villains in the films of Larry Semon, who are often the father of Semon's love interest.He is best known to contemporary audiences for portraying a villainous...
  
  - Tiny Tott