Directing
Charles R. Bowers
Born June 7, 1889 Creco, Iowa, USA
Biography
Charles R. Bowers was a cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Silent Era, although his work was enthusiastically reviewed by André Breton and a number of his contemporaries. As his surviving films were rediscovery he has been one of the greats of the silent film era; along with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd
Directed Films
7.7
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
1941·Animation
7.4
A Sleepless Night
1940·Animation
5.0
Believe it or Don't
1935·Animation
9.0
Hop Off
1928·Comedy
7.3
Say Ah-h!
1928·Comedy
10.0
Whoozit
1928
6.9
There It Is
1928·Horror
6.5
A Wild Roomer
1927·Comedy
7.7
Nothing Doing
1927·Comedy
6.5
Many a Slip
1927·Comedy
6.5
Now You Tell One
1926·Fantasy
5.8
Fatal Footsteps
1926·Comedy
10.0
Mummy O'Mine
1926·Animation
5.7
He Done His Best
1926·Science Fiction
7.0
The Big Swim
1926·Animation
7.5
Dog Gone
1926·Comedy
6.3
Egged On
1926·Fantasy
6.3
Playing with Fire
1926·Comedy
6.0
Westward Whoa
1926·Western
6.0
Slick Sleuths
1926·Animation
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A Stretch in Time
1926·Animation
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'Lots' of Water
1926·Animation
9.0
Bombs and Bums
1926·Animation
5.0
Accidents Won't Happen
1925·Comedy
Also Appeared In
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A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
2003·Comedy
7.7
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
1939·Family
7.1
It's a Bird
1930·Comedy
9.0
Hop Off
1928·Comedy
7.3
Say Ah-h!
1928·Comedy
10.0
Whoozit
1928
6.9
There It Is
1928·Horror
6.5
A Wild Roomer
1927·Comedy
7.7
Nothing Doing
1927·Comedy
6.5
Many a Slip
1927·Comedy
6.5
Now You Tell One
1926·Fantasy
5.8
Fatal Footsteps
1926·Comedy