The Perfect Clown

The Perfect Clown
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Directed by	Fred C. Newmeyer
Written by	Thomas J. Crizer Charlie Saxton
Starring	Larry Semon Kate Price
Cinematography	George Baker Nicholas T. Barrows
Distributed by	Chadwick Pictures
Release date	December 15, 1925 (1925-12-15)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Perfect Clown is a 1925 American silent slapstick comedy film starring Larry Semon and Kate Price. It features an early screen appearance by Oliver Hardy. Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, the screenplay was written by Thomas J. Crizer, who also wrote the subtitles along with Charlie Saxton.^[1]

The story is about a clerk who is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.

Prints of The Perfect Clown are held in the collections of the Cineteca Italiana (Milan), Museum of Modern Art (New York City), UCLA Film and Television Archive (Los Angeles), and Academy Film Archive (Beverly Hills).^[2]

• List of American films of 1925

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