Charlie the Elephant

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Charlie the Elephant

Charlie, sometimes Charley or Old Charlie, (b. unknown, d. 1923) was an elephant who lived at the Universal City Zoo in Universal City, California, United States, from approximately 1914 to 1923 and appeared in scores of silent-era films. He was executed in approximately August 1923 for his attack on trainer Curley Stecker.

Known For

The Brass BottleThe Brass Bottle · 1923
The Brass Bottle
★ 10.01923
MovieComedy
Horace Ventimore, a young London architect, stumbles across an old brass bottle. When he picks it up a genie suddenly appears and promises Horace that he will grant every wish Horace wants in exchange for his freedom. Horace accepts the genie's offer but finds out that things aren't working out quite as well as he thought they would.
The Adventures of KathlynThe Adventures of Kathlyn · 1916
The Adventures of Kathlyn
★ 6.01916
MovieAdventureDrama
Feature version of the thirteen episode serial, Adventures of Kathlyn, released three years earlier.
Love AflameLove Aflame · 1917
Love Aflame
★ 9.51917
MovieComedyDrama
Jack Calvert bets four friends that he can travel from New York to Constantinople without a cent.
Man and BeastMan and Beast · 1917
Man and Beast
1917
MovieDramaAdventure
During the great drought on the South African veldt, bitterness erupts between the von Haagen and Townsend families when they quarrel over a cattle spring. Nevertheless, a romance grows between Gretel von Haagan and Ned Townsend, who, to escape their families' opposition, marry and leave for the interior.
A Prohibition MonkeyA Prohibition Monkey · 1920
A Prohibition Monkey
★ 9.01920
MovieComedy
The town of Beer Bottle Bend is so tough that the babies chew tobacco. It is run in a high, wide, and handsome manner by the owner of Riley's Saloon. There is a little church in the town built in haste many years ago but it has been securely boarded up for years. Mr. Riley intended it to remain so for his Sunday business was booming. A traveling evangelist who learned his profession as a circus performer arrives in the town with Charles Bullephant, a peevish elephant; Joe Martin, a highly-cultured orang-outang; and Buster, a famous trained horse. With help from his friends, he sets out to make Beer Bottle Bend a church-going community.
Monkey StuffMonkey Stuff · 1919
Monkey Stuff
★ 8.01919
MovieComedy
Two-reel comedy, directed by William S. Campbell staring noted orangutan actor, Joe Martin
A Monkey HeroA Monkey Hero · 1921
A Monkey Hero
1921
MovieComedy
Here's a surefire number if ever there was one. Filled with innumerable original gags and laugh-getting animal stuff, it forms an offering that's good enough to bill just as heavily as the feature. You can't go wrong with a Joe Martin comedy and this is one of his best!

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