The Heckler (film)
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Director Del Lord Genres Short Film, Comedy Writer John Grey Language English | 7.8/10 IMDb Cinematography Henry Freulich Duration Country U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1940 Cast Charley Chase (Noisy), Tom Hanlon (Announcer), Don Beddoe (Green Sox Manager), Bruce Bennett (Ole Margarine), Beatrice Blinn (Baseball Spectator with Spilled Mustard), Sammy Blum (Train Bartender)Similar movies Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies , The Comb , In Absentia , Stille Nacht III: Tales from the Vienna Woods , De Artificiali Perspectiva, or Anamorphosis , Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charley chase the heckler 1940 two reel comedy classic
The Heckler (1940) is an American short film produced by columbia pictures association directed by Del Lord and starring Charley Chase.
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Plot
At a baseball game, an irritating heckler (Charley Chase) annoys the crowd and the players with his obnoxious taunts.
Reception
The Heckler has received positive reviews. Hal Erickson wrote that, "The Heckler is without question one of the most consistently funny shorts ever assembled at Columbia, not to mention one of Charley Chase's most hilarious performances." In his book The Great Baseball Films, Rob Edelman described The Heckler as "one of the best-ever baseball-related talkie shorts." Film critic Leonard Maltin wrote that The Heckler was one of Charley Chase's "best starring comedies" and included it in his book "The Great Movie Shorts."
It was remade with minimal stock footage as "Mr.Noisy" starring Shemp Howard in 1946.
References
The Heckler (film) WikipediaThe Heckler (film) IMDb The Heckler (film) themoviedb.org