{"id":41976,"date":"2026-09-02T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41976"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:28:45","slug":"the-lighter-that-failed-1927-starring-charley-chase-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41976","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Lighter That Failed&#8221; (1927) starring Charley Chase \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z090226zview_lighterthatfailed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"970\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>The Lighter That Failed <\/i>(1927)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>James Parrott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: \u00a0<strong>H.M. Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Charley Chase, Edna Marion, May Wallace<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s Charley&#8217;s birthday and his entire family has gathered for the party.\u00a0 \u00a0One of Charley&#8217;s gifts is a nice cigarette lighter.\u00a0 Only problem is it won&#8217;t light. Charley&#8217;s frustration (and scenery destruction) grows as Charley repeatedly tries to get it working using the objects on hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perhaps using gasoline as fuel for the lighter wasn&#8217;t the best idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charley Chase was an writer, director and actor.\u00a0 Although he died at a relatively young age (46), his resume includes 282 acting roles, 174 films as a director and 37 as writer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Lighter That Failed<\/em> was directed by Charley Chase&#8217;s brother.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The title<em> The Lighter That Failed<\/em> is a play on Rudyard Kipling\u2019s novel <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4vJa9nD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE LIGHT THAT FAILED<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>The Lighter That Failed <\/i>(1927)<\/strong> rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z090226zview_lighterthatfailed2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lighter That Failed (1927) Director: James Parrott Screenplay: \u00a0H.M. Walker Stars:\u00a0 Charley Chase, Edna Marion, May Wallace. 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