Charley Chase short ended up in still shots

(1927) Never the Dames Shall Meet SILENT COMEDY

If it was not for the intro by film historian Jacqueline Stewart of TCM I would not had understood anything about this short at all as the last few scenes are nothing more but still shots. The gist has Charley Chase sent by his wife (Edna Marion) to pick up her sister(Anita Garvin) from a cruise liner only for him to mistakenly pick up the wrong person (Viola Richards). The misfire is when Charley has no idea what she looks like, that he ends up annoying her without know who he was annoying by physically accidentally knocking her down with her luggage open with her clothing ending up onto the ground. Anyways, there is no actual ending as the rest of this short consist of nothing but stills.

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Chase makes tries to escape from a compromising situation with a dame he took to be his wife's sister.

Charley Chase and Anita Garvin in Never the Dames Shall Meet (1927)

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Charley Chase and Edna Marion in Never the Dames Shall Meet (1927)

Charley Chase, Anita Garvin, Edna Marion, and Viola Richard in Never the Dames Shall Meet (1927)

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