Crazy like a Fox (1926 film) explained

Crazy like a Fox
Director:	Leo McCarey
Producer:	Hal Roach
Starring:	Charley Chase
Cinematography:	Len Powers
Editing:	Richard C. Currier
Distributor:	Pathé Exchange
Runtime:	25 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Crazy like a Fox is a 1926 American short comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Charley Chase.^[1] The two-reel silent stars Chase as a young man who feigns insanity in order to get out of an arranged marriage, only to find out that his sweetheart is the girl he has been arranged to marry. Chase would remake the film as The Wrong Miss Wright (1937) in the sound era during his tenure at Columbia Pictures.

The film features Oliver Hardy in a small role filmed shortly before his teaming with Stan Laurel.

Cast

• Charley Chase as Wilson, the Groom
• William V. Mong as George, the Bride's Father
• Martha Sleeper as The Bride
• Milla Davenport as Mother
• William Blaisdell as Gov. Harrison
• Max Asher as Butler
• Al Hallett as Mr. Gloom, the valet
• Tyler Brooke (uncredited)
• Helen Gilmore (uncredited)
• Oliver Hardy as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
• Fred Kelsey as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
• Ham Kinsey as Train Passenger (uncredited)
• Charles Lloyd as Train Passenger (uncredited)
• Jerry Mandy as Hospital orderly (uncredited)
• Kewpie Morgan as Rotund Conductor (uncredited)
• L.J. O'Connor as Family Doctor (uncredited)
• Tiny Sandford as Conductor (uncredited)
• Emma Tansey as Elderly Train Passenger (uncredited)
• Lyle Tayo as Nurse (uncredited)

Preservation

Crazy Like a Fox was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CrazyLikeAFox1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: Crazy like a Fox
2. Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.