Dollar Dizzy (1930): Cast
Dollar Dizzy is a 1930 short comedy directed by James W. Horne, starring Charley Chase as Charley Chase, Thelma Todd and Edgar Kennedy. It runs 26 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 26 min
- Director
- James W. Horne
- Genre
- Comedy
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Hal Roach Studios
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Dollar Dizzy About?
The premise of Dollar Dizzy without spoilers.
Charley and Thelma, both wealthy, are desperate to avoid gold‑digging suitors. Charley learns a distant uncle supposedly left him a fortune, so his lawyers send him to a resort to escape opportunistic women. The news spreads, and numerous single ladies, including the affluent Thelma, set their sights on him. A booking error places Charley and Thelma in the same suite, each assuming the other is after money. Their comedic clash involves a dressing gown, a radio, a pistol, a keyhole, and a nosy hotel detective, while the truth of the inheritance remains uncertain.
Dollar Dizzy Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- gold digger
- dressing gown
- pre code film
- reference to john d. rockefeller
- clean sheets request
- reprisal
- retribution
- timidity
- gullible
- farce
- cigarette smoking
- hotel bellhop
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- hotel manager
- house detective
- confusion
- crossed eyes detective
- sight gag
- sportsman
- great depression
- death of australian uncle
- man carries a woman
- tabby cat
- adult son living with mother
- falling out a window
- woman undresses behind a screen
- passing out
- peeping through a keyhole
- law firm
- blonde girl
- comedy of errors
- falling into a lake
- twin sisters
- depression era
- shot in the butt
- twins
- two reeler
- pond
- flirting
- woman slaps a man
- implied female nudity
- thrown into a lake
- bouncing breasts
- identical twin sisters
- blonde twins
- rich uncle
- character looks directly at the camera
- man wears a nightshirt
- bowing
- real life sisters playing sisters
- mug shot
Dollar Dizzy Cast & Characters
Charley Chase leads the cast as Charley Chase, with Thelma Todd as Thelma Todd and Edgar Kennedy as Quimby the Lawyer. Directed by James W. Horne; 14 actors are credited in all.
- Director James W. Horne
- Charley Chase as Charley Chase
- Thelma Todd as Thelma Todd
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Edgar Kennedy as Quimby the Lawyer - Charlie Hall as Bellhop
Also Starring in Dollar Dizzy
· 10 more- James Finlayson House Detective
- Dorothy Granger Woman Who Drops Her Pearls (uncredited)
- Beverly Crane Spoken Introductory Titles (uncredited)
- Betty Mae Crane Spoken Introductory Titles (uncredited)
- Ted Stroback Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Ann Lewis Gold-Digger (uncredited)
- Ida Shoemaker Mrs. Chase, Charley's Mother (uncredited)
- Lorena Carr Gold-Digger (uncredited)
- Dorothy Dix Gold-Digger (uncredited)
- Dick Granger One of the Quimbys (uncredited)
More from James W. Horne
More films directed by James W. Horne: Captain Midnight, The Green Archer, Terry and the Pirates and The Shadow.
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Dollar Dizzy FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Dollar Dizzy, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Dollar Dizzy?
Dollar Dizzy runs 26 minutes.
When was Dollar Dizzy released?
Dollar Dizzy was released on October 3, 1930.
Who directed Dollar Dizzy?
Dollar Dizzy was directed by James W. Horne.
More films by James W. Horne Who is in the cast of Dollar Dizzy?
Dollar Dizzy stars Charley Chase as Charley Chase, Thelma Todd as Thelma Todd and Edgar Kennedy as Quimby the Lawyer, among 14 credited actors.
Does Dollar Dizzy have a post-credit scene?
No. Dollar Dizzy has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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