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  • Director: Edwin S. Porter
  • Release Year: 1907
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 9 minutes

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In 1907, pioneering Edison director Edwin S. Porter turned out such landmark films as Rescued from an Eagle's Nest and The Teddy Bears. From the evidence at hand, it would appear that Porter's Laughing Gas was anything but a landmark. The scene is a laboratory, where nitrous oxide -- a.k.a. "laughing gas" -- is manufactured for medicinal purposes. A prankish youngster (played by an adult woman) steals a small vial of the liquid and spreads it around the populace. Before long, everyone in town is in the throes of helpless laughter. Contemporary reviewers suggested that the only laughs generated by this film were confined to the screen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Edwin S. Porter - Director
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This article is about short movies. For other uses, see Laughing gas.
For the Charlie Chaplin film, see Laughing Gas (1914 film).

Laughing Gas is the title of several movie shorts (1907, 1914 starring Charlie Chaplin, 1915, 1920) whose plot revolves around real or would-be dentists.

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1907 Film

Laughing Gas
Directed by Edwin S. Porter
Starring Bertha Regustus
Edward Boulden
Release date(s) 1907
Running time 9 minutes
Country  United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Plot

The basic plot is that of a black woman going to the dentist for a toothache and is given laughing gas. On her way home on the subway she can't stop laughing, and all of the other passengers "catch" the laughter from her.

Cast

  • Edward Boulden
  • Mr. La Montte
  • Bertha Regustus ... Mandy Brown
  • Mr. Sullivan

1914 film

Main article: Laughing Gas (1914 film)

1915 film

Laughing Gas
Starring Jimmy Aubrey
Walter Kendig
Release date(s) 12 July 1915
Country United States US
Language Silent films

Cast

1920 film

Laughing Gas
Directed by Tom Buckingham
Produced by Abe Stern
Julius Stern
Written by Tom Buckingham
Starring Charles Dorety
Bud Jamison
Release date(s) 8 December, 1920
Country  United States
Language English

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