{"id":41986,"date":"2026-06-24T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41986"},"modified":"2026-06-23T22:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T02:08:17","slug":"the-way-of-all-pants-1927-starring-charley-chase-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41986","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Way of All Pants&#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\/z062426zview_wayofpants.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>The Way of All Pants <\/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, Frank Leigh<\/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;\">Charley, who is nervous, especially around women, works in the office for a rich man.\u00a0 Charley is given the task to hire a new &#8220;girl&#8221; for the office.\u00a0 Several apply.\u00a0 Charley takes a liking to one and it appears she&#8217;s interested in him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It just so happens that Charlie and his boss at first (or even second) glance look alike.\u00a0 Charley is sitting at his boss&#8217; desk when the boss&#8217; wife comes in from a door behind Charley.\u00a0 The woman thinks it is her husband sitting at his desk.\u00a0 She begins rubbing his shoulders.\u00a0 Charley thinks it is the new hire and he reaches up to stroke her.<\/p>\n<p>Then the boss enters the room!<\/p>\n<p>It takes a bit of explaining, but the boss finally believes his wife and Charley.\u00a0 It was simply a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before she leaves the boss&#8217; wife asks Charley to pick up and deliver a custom made pair of pants she is going to surprise her husband with.\u00a0 When Charley arrives with the pants, the wife asks him to try them on since Charley and her husband are about the same size.\u00a0 Charley reluctantly agrees.<\/p>\n<p>Of course when Charley is out of his pants and not in the new pants, guess who shows up.<\/p>\n<p>Let the hijinks begin!<\/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><em>The Way of All Pants<\/em> was directed by Charley Chase&#8217;s brother.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Way of All Pants\u00a0<\/em>is a play on an Oscar-winning film, <em>The Way of All Flesh<\/em>, released the same year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>The Way of All Pants <\/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\/z062426zview_wayofpants2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Way of All Pants (1927) Director: James Parrott Screenplay: \u00a0H.M. 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