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The Lighter That Failed

7.0192720mMovieComedy

For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Finally, he unwisely fuels it with gasoline, which gets it lit, but soon, so is his house.

DirectorJames Parrott

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Cast · Directed by James Parrott

CCCharley Chase
Charley Chase
Charley
EMEdna Marion
Edna Marion
Edna - Charley's Wife
MWMay Wallace
May Wallace
Charley's Mother-in-Law
WOWilliam Orlamond
William Orlamond
Charley's Father-in-Law
EPEugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette
Charley's Brother-in-Law
CGClara Guiol
Clara Guiol
Miss Pipps
KDKay Deslys
Kay Deslys
Mrs. Phipps
BD
Buddy the Dog
The Dog

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The Lighter That Failed hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 19, 1927. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.