{"id":41988,"date":"2026-07-24T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41988"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:21:51","slug":"41988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41988","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Us&#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\/z072426zview_us.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Us <\/i>(1927)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>James Parrott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: \u00a0<strong>Leo McCarey, H.M. Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Charley Chase, Margaret Quimby, Jim Mason, William Orlamond<\/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 dreams of flying.\u00a0 Every day Charley goes to the airfield where for a small price a pilot will give you a plane ride.\u00a0 Every day Charley gets in line with his money ready.\u00a0 And every day, Charley chickens out.<\/p>\n<p>Today is no different.\u00a0 Well&#8230; except for one small change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charley went to the airfield.\u00a0 He got in line with his money.\u00a0 He chickened out.\u00a0 Instead of leaving he went over to stand by one of the airplanes.\u00a0 When a cute woman came by, Charley acted as if he was a pilot and the plane was his.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What Charley didn&#8217;t know is the woman is a pilot and the plane is hers.\u00a0 She thought Charley was cute by trying to impress her as a pilot when it was so clear, he wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But she played along.\u00a0 She asked Charley to take her up for a ride.\u00a0 At that point Charley couldn&#8217;t refuse.<\/p>\n<p>Better buckle up.\u00a0 It&#8217;s going to be a bumpy ride.<\/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>Us <\/em>was directed by Charley Chase&#8217;s brother.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Us <\/em>is a play on the title of Charles Lindberg&#8217;s account of his solo flight across the Atlantic, titled We.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>Us <\/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\/z072426zview_us2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Us (1927) Director: James Parrott Screenplay: \u00a0Leo McCarey, H.M. Walker Stars:\u00a0 Charley Chase, Margaret Quimby, Jim Mason, William Orlamond. 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